Maryland Stent Case Settled
May 5, 2013
A Maryland medical malpractice case filed by 21 medical malpractice plaintiffs against a former Maryland stent doctor and the hospital where he allegedly performed unnecessary cardiac stent procedures has settled. The Maryland medical malpractice trial had started on April 1, 2013 in the Circuit Cou[...]
Continue Reading
FDA Warns About Worn/Damaged Hospital Mattresses
April 27, 2013
On April 19, 2013, the FDA issued a “safety communication” warning “that damaged or worn covers for medical bed mattresses can allow blood and body fluids to penetrate medical bed mattresses, posing a risk of infection to patients.” A medical bed mattress cover provides out[...]
Continue Reading
Surgical Malpractice Makes Hospitals More Money
April 18, 2013
In a research study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association on April 17, 2013, the researchers found that hospitals make more money when patients suffer surgical complications compared to when patients do not experience surgical complications if the patients are on Medicare or [...]
Continue Reading
Hospitalist Malpractice
April 10, 2013
What is a “hospitalist”? A hospitalist is a physician who specializes in the care of patients while they are in the hospital. The term “hospitalist” was first used in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1996 to describe physicians who spend most of their time caring fo[...]
Continue Reading
$7.4 Million Los Angeles Medical Malpractice Verdict
March 26, 2013
On March 22, 2013, a Los Angeles Superior Court medical malpractice jury returned a verdict after less than two days of deliberations in the amount of $7.4 million in favor of a 26-year-old woman who suffered severe brain injuries after treatment at Palmdale Regional Medical Center. The medical m[...]
Continue Reading
