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$4M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby’s Death Due To Undiagnosed Pertussis

June 5, 2018

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury recently returned its verdict in favor of the mother of a 32-day-old baby who died eight years ago from undiagnised pertussis (whooping cough). The mother’s Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit that was filed in 2016 alleged that the d[...]

Former New York Abortion Doctor Pleads Guilty To Criminally Negligent Homicide

May 22, 2018

On May 4, 2018, a former New York abortion doctor, who ran an abortion clinic in New York until it was closed after a patient died following a late-term abortion in 2016, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors during a month-long trial after the jury reported that it was deadlocked. The abortion [...]

FDA Issues Safety Alert Regarding Cross-Contamination Of Endoscopes

May 10, 2018

On April 18, 2018, the FDA issued a Safety Alert about the risk of cross-contamination with certain connectors that are used in gastrointestinal endoscopy. Specifically, the FDA warned that it has not received acceptable testing to demonstrate the safe use of 24-hour multi-patient use endoscope conn[...]

CDC Warns About Rising Risk Of Vectorborne Diseases In U.S.

May 3, 2018

In its “Vital Signs: Trends in Reported Vectorborne Disease Cases — United States and Territories, 2004–2016” published on May 1, 2018, the CDC reported that the data regarding the occurrence of nationally reportable vectorborne diseases during 2004–2016, which are most commonly tr[...]

New Study Finds Medical Malpractice Allegations Against Nurse Practitioners Similar To Physicians

April 2, 2018

A recent study entitled “Nurse Practitioner Closed Claims Study” involving 67 closed medical malpractice claims against nurse practitioners (“NP”) from January 2011 through December 2016 that was published by The Doctors Company, the largest physician-owned medical malpractic[...]

OIG Report Slams VA Medical Center In D.C.

March 25, 2018

The Department of Veteran Affairs Office of Inspector General issued a report on March 7, 2018 entitled, “Critical Deficiencies at the Washington DC VA Medical Center” (“Report”) in which it found “widespread and formidable inadequacies in many essential functions at th[...]

Our 7th Anniversary Of Posting Daily Medical Malpractice Blogs

March 7, 2018

On March 5, 2018, medicalmalpracticelawyers.com celebrated its seventh anniversary of posting daily medical malpractice blogs. Each of our over 2,500 consecutive daily blog postings can be searched by word or phrase. medicalmalpracticelawyers.com states on its website: “Medical malpractice law[...]

Human Rights Watch Reports Too Many Nursing Home Residents Inappropriately Given Antipsychotic Medications

February 21, 2018

Human Rights Watch, a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization established in 1978 that defends the rights of people worldwide and publishes more than 100 reports and briefings on human rights conditions in some 90 countries each year, published a report on February 5, 2018 entitled R[...]

Large For-Profit Medical Records Copying Company Files Federal Lawsuit Seeking To Protect Its Profits

January 30, 2018

On January 8, 2018, CIOX Health, LLC (CIOX) filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to protect its profits obtained from charging for patients’ medical records requested from hospitals, physicians offices, and other health care providers[...]

Iowa Patient Safety Study Reports On Iowans’ Views On Medical Errors

January 16, 2018

The Heartland Health Research Institute published in December 2017 the results of its Iowa Patient Safety Study that consisted of approximately 115 questions asked of randomly-selected Iowans about their views and experiences while interacting with Iowa healthcare providers. The study, entitled R[...]

Baltimore County, Maryland Announces Plans To Sue Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors

January 13, 2018

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced on January 8, 2018 that Baltimore County, Maryland intends to file a lawsuit in federal court in Baltimore against pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids and distribute opioids, seeking monetary damages incurred by Baltimore County in ad[...]

Study Shows Nursing Home Residents Suffer Infections While Their Caregivers Often Escape Responsibility

January 2, 2018

A study conducted by the Kaiser Health News, which is a nonprofit news service focused on health issues that is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente, found that 74% of nursing homes in the United States have been cited for lapses in infection control, yet only one in 75 nursing homes that were foun[...]

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