Medical Malpractice

• Medical Negligence and Tort Reform

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

  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...

• Pulse Oximetry

  Sach Oliver | December 04, 2008 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  We handle medical negligence cases quite frequently where oxygen or the lack of oxygen is an issue. In these cases pulse oximetry comes up and naturally folks ask many questions, including myself....

• Expert Doctors in Medical Negligence Cases

  Sach Oliver | December 01, 2008 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  I have been on the phone with expert doctors all day and I am always so grateful when a doctor speaks language I can understand. Fortunately, the doctors I have been working with are willing to...

• Juvenile Diabetes

  Sach Oliver | November 28, 2008 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Juvenile diabetes mellitus, commonly known as Type 1 diabetes, is a syndrome with disordered metabolism and inappropriately high blood glucose levels due to a deficiency of insulin secretion in the...

• Members of the Military Cannot Always Get the Compensation They Deserve

  Drew Dixon | October 22, 2008 4:37 PM | 8 CommentsBentonville , AR

  After watching a recent episode of Boston Legal, I became interested in the Feres doctrine. This doctrine stems from the Supreme Court case Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950). In the...

• Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: Unfortunate Reality or a Malpractice Cover-up?

  Ryan Scott | October 03, 2008 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Trauma, aging, improper body mechanics and normal wear and tear can all injure your spine. And damage to any part of your back — especially pressure on your nerves — can cause pain and...

• Hospital Infection Rate May Be Going Down

  Frank Bailey | September 28, 2008 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  Beginning October 1, 2008 hospital acquired infections may start going down. That is when the new Medicare rules go into effect denying payment to hospitals for hospital acquired infections that...

• Hospitals May Not Be Doing Enough To Fight MRSA

  Drew Dixon | June 18, 2008 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  A recent survey of the infection control practitioners found that 54 percent of them believe hospitals aren't doing everything they can to prevent the spread of methicillin- resistant staph aureus (MRSA).

• You're the Patient-Take Charge

  Jeanie Oliver | May 23, 2008 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  I think this post would be considered more of a conversation with you, the reader, the potential patient. There has been a lot of media attention around Dennis Quaid's twins and their experience...

• President Bush's Medical Malpractice Cap On Damages

  Frank Bailey | May 05, 2008 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  The Medicare funding package proposed by President Bush includes another attempt to severely limit the rights of injured patients to hold negligent doctors and hospitals accountable. I like to call...