Dire Consequences Of Poor Dental Hygiene In Nursing Homes
August 20, 2013
An evaluation of 328 studies reported between 1996 and 2007 that appeared in the September 2010 edition of The Journal of the American Dental Association addressed the question, “Does better oral hygiene prevent health care–associated pneumonia or lower the rate of respiratory infectio[...]
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Tennessee Medical Malpractice Verdict For Trach Tube Error
July 13, 2013
On July 3, 2013, a Tennessee medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $15.2 million in favor of a 23-year-old man who suffered catastrophic brain injuries when his doctor removed his breathing tube (tracheostomy tube) and failed to timely or adequately respond when he had problem[...]
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West Virginia Nursing Home Settles Wrongful Death Case
July 12, 2013
A West Virginia judge approved a settlement on May 15, 2013 in a malpractice lawsuit that had been filed against a West Virginia nursing home arising out of the death of one of its residents. The nursing home malpractice lawsuit alleged that an 85-year-old woman who had been a resident of the nursi[...]
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Nursing Home Claims Characteristics
February 8, 2013
The results of a study reported in 2011 regarding nursing home claims made against nursing homes operated by the five largest nursing home chains in the United States (for the period from 2000 through 2006 for one of the nursing home chains, the period from 2000 through 2005 for a second chain of [...]
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