Posts tagged medical malpractice

• Did The Late Rep. John Murtha Die From a Preventable Medical Error?

  Frank Bailey | February 09, 2010 11:05 AM | 5 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Fox News is reporting the congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery. The gallbladder surgery was performed at the National Naval Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Rep. Bob...

• Stop Preventable Hospital Acquired Infections

  Frank Bailey | February 07, 2010 12:23 PM | 1 CommentMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In the United States, we have a health-care system that's been largely unaccountable to the public it serves. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has been collecting and analyzing...

• Hospital Acquired Infections Can Be Prevented

  Frank Bailey | February 03, 2010 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Some hospitals have a zero rate of central line infections, while others have over 200% more infections than normal. How can this be? Let’s look at the data. Central line infections occur...

• Swine Flu Shots...Are The Shots Dangerous?

  Frank Bailey | October 11, 2009 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Rush Limbaugh says he is not taking a swine flu shot. He is a smart man. In today’s Arkansas Democrat Gazette Mike Masterson wrote an excellent article about the dangers of the shot. Should we...

• The Negligent Doctor Protection Act

  Frank Bailey | October 10, 2009 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  New efforts by the insurance industry to transfer the cost of caring for catastrophically injured Americans to taxpayers have surfaced. If the insurance industry is successful in its efforts to...

• Never Events

  Frank Bailey | August 20, 2009 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Did you know that Medicare and Medicaid are no longer reimbursing for “never events” that happen in hospitals? What are never events? 1. Vascular catheter-associated bloodstream...

• Should Patients Pay for Hospital Acquired Infections?

  Frank Bailey | January 10, 2009 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  How would you feel if you took your car in for a $35.00 oil change; the mechanic dropped your car off the lift blowing out all of your tires and caused over a $1000.00 dollars in damage to your...

• Are Hospital Acquired Infections Preventable?

  Frank Bailey | January 09, 2009 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  If you have a hospital acquired infection, you may have new rights. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta estimates that there are over two million hospital acquired infections...

• Medical Negligence and Tort Reform

  Frank Bailey | December 09, 2008 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Medical negligence cases are not what the insurance industry would have us to think they are. One study conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services revealed that only 1.53% of...

• DURAGESIC PATCH RECALL

  Frank Bailey | March 27, 2008 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Duragesic Fentanyl transdermal system is fatally flawed. There have been thousands of deaths nationwide associated with Fentanyl overdoses from defective patches.The Duragesic patch is manufactured by two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries, Janssen Pharmaceutica,L.P. and Alza Corp. The patch was put on the market in 1991. Shortly there were numerous cases of Fentanyl overdosing from the...