Medical Malpractice Tort Reform – At What Cost?
September 17, 2011
The political pundits pushing for what they call “tort reform” have enjoyed many successes in recent years. Many states have enacted laws that have placed a “cap” on the maximum amount of money that can be recovered from negligent doctors and other careless health care provi[...]
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Physical Therapy Medical Malpractice
September 15, 2011
Physical therapists are health care professionals who provide essential medical care to help restore and maintain physical functioning for their patients. They accomplish their responsibilities by examining, evaluating, and diagnosing their patients’ movement, providing diagnoses regarding[...]
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Can Insulin Help Alzheimer Disease Patients?
September 14, 2011
The results of a provocative study published online in the Archives of Neurology on September 12, 2011 found that administering insulin through the nose using a special medical device (transnasal delivery) improved both memory as measured by delayed story recall and functional ability as measured [...]
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Why Do Doctors Hate Medical Malpractice Lawyers So Much?
September 13, 2011
Doctors and lawyers are like the Republicans and the Democrats — doctors can’t stand being in the same room with lawyers but tend to remain somewhat civil when they’re forced to be together. However, once they are amongst themselves, they tend to spew insults (or worse) towards [...]
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Reporting Medical Malpractice Payments To The NPDB
September 10, 2011
The stated reasons behind the law that created the National Practitioner Data Bank were the increasing incidents of medical malpractice litigation and the need to improve the quality of medical care that became a national problem that required greater efforts than could be undertaken by the indivi[...]
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An Analysis Of Wrong Site And Wrong Patient Surgeries
September 8, 2011
A study reported in 2010 of wrong site and wrong patient surgeries was based on an analysis of a database covering the period from January 1, 2002 to June 1, 2008 of a Colorado medical malpractice insurance company that insured approximately 6,000 physicians in Colorado. The database included [...]
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Statistics Regarding Neurosurgical Medical Malpractice Claims
September 7, 2011
In a recent review of data from a large national medical malpractice insurance company regarding closed neurosurgical medical malpractice claims made between January 1, 2004 and June 30, 2009, the researchers randomly selected and reviewed 90 cases. The plaintiffs in the 90 cases reviewed involved 5[...]
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FDA Updates Labeling For RECLAST
September 6, 2011
RECLAST (active ingredient zoledronic acid) is a prescription medication manufactured by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. On September 2, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a labeling update for Reclast to b[...]
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