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Today We Celebrate Our 2,500th Consecutive Daily Medical Malpractice Blog Posting

December 23, 2017

When we started blogging nearly seven years ago, we did not plan to post blogs every day, for 2,500 consecutive days. We could not have fathomed that there would be 2,500 topics related to medical malpractice that would keep us busy posting, day in and day out. In deciding what the subject should be[...]

Lap Band And Gastric Bypass Weight Loss Surgeries: Are They Effective In The Long Term?

December 19, 2017

We have been receiving an increase in the number of inquiries with regard to unsuccessful lap band and unsuccessful gastric bypass surgeries in which the patients were either unexpectedly injured during the procedures or they suffered harm after the surgeries due to unanticipated complications or th[...]

New Study Finds Increased Risk Of Complications Following Overlapping Surgeries

December 6, 2017

A new study published online on December 4, 2017 in JAMA Internal Medicine investigated the association between overlapping surgeries (i.e., double-booked surgeries, where a single attending surgeon supervises two or more surgeries occurring in different operating rooms at the same time) for hip fra[...]

FDA Warns Public About Injectable Silicone Used For Butt, Breast Enhancements

November 28, 2017

On November 14, 2017, the FDA issued a safety communication that warned consumers and health care practitioners about the serious injuries and disfigurement that can result from using injectable silicone or products being falsely marketed as FDA-approved dermal fillers for the purpose of enhancing t[...]

Michigan Nurses Sue Detroit Hospital, Alleging Too Few Nurses Threatens Patient Safety

November 22, 2017

The Michigan Nurses Association filed a lawsuit on November 2, 2017 against Detroit Medical Center’s 158-bed Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital (“the hospital”), alleging that the for-profit corporate owner of the Detroit Medical Center, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, has instituted cost-c[...]

EHR-Related Medical Malpractice Claims Increasing

November 18, 2017

The Doctors Company, the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurance company in the United States, recently issued an updated study regarding it closed claims medical malpractice experience in which electronic health records (EHR) were involved. The Doctors Company stated, “we’ve s[...]

Medscape Medical Malpractice Report 2017 (Physicians Survey Results)

November 17, 2017

The “Medscape Malpractice Report 2017” that was made public on November 15, 2017 involved a ten-minute online survey of 4,137 physicians representing more than twenty five medical specialties who met the survey’s screening criteria and who completed the survey between August 25 and[...]

Report Faults Baltimore VA Medical Center’s Opioid Treatment Program

November 12, 2017

The October 19, 2017 report from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General, Office of Healthcare Inspections, entitled, “Healthcare Inspection Opioid Agonist Treatment Program Concerns VA Maryland Health Care System Baltimore, Maryland” (Report No. 16-01091-06) state[...]

New Patient Safety Grades For U.S. Hospitals

November 4, 2017

On October 31, 2017, The Leapfrog Group, which describes itself as a nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety, and transparency in the U.S. health system, issued its Fall 2017 The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades that assigns the letter grades A, B, C, D, and F to general acute-car[...]

21% Of Americans Have Had Personal Experience With Medical Errors

November 3, 2017

The results of a survey that was released on September 28, 2017 found that 21% of adults in the United States report having personally experienced a medical error. The national survey conducted by the IHI/NPSF Lucian Leape Institute and NORC at the University of Chicago (“NORC”) found th[...]

New Maryland Law Requires Board Of Physicians To Create Physician Profiles Accessible To The Public

October 19, 2017

Effective October 1, 2017, the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“MBP”) is required to create and maintain a public practitioner profile for each licensed physician and provide appropriate and accessible links to the profiles from the Board’s website. In addition to specified discipl[...]

Maryland Law Now Requires Physicians Without Medical Malpractice Insurance To Notify Patients In Writing

October 18, 2017

As of October 1, 2017, Maryland physicians who choose not to obtain medical malpractice insurance for claims of medical negligence made against them are required to notify each patient in writing at the time of the patient’s first visit and as part of obtaining the patient’s informed con[...]

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