Medical Malpractice

• Questionable Doctors

  Frank Bailey | January 18, 2008 8:37 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Has your doctor been disciplined? The National Practitioner Data Bank is kept secret from both patients and from almost all physicians thanks to the American Medical Association's successful lobbying for secrecy when the legislation concerning the Data Bank was being considered.Public Citizen's Health Research Group has established its own data bank of doctors who have been disciplined. The...

• Medical Errors: Is Our Health Care System Safe

  Frank Bailey | January 18, 2008 8:28 AM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  Errors in health care are a leading cause of death and injury. Health care should be safe. It is not! In a revealing study, the Institute of Medicine found that sizable numbers of Americans are harmed as a result of medical errors. This study was authored by a blue ribbon panel which included William C Richardson as its chair. Mr. Richardson was President and CEO of the W. K. Kellogg...

• Meningitis and the Trial Attorney

  Frank Bailey | January 02, 2008 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  Meningitis is usually a complication of another bacterial infection such as pneumonia. With meningitis, the brain and spinal cord meninges (hence meningitis) become infected. If caught early and the infecting organism responds to antibiotics, the prognosis is usually good. If the meningitis is not treated early the prognosis is much worse, often resulting in death or permanent brain damage. ...

• Medication Errors Cause Injury and Death

  Frank Bailey | December 19, 2007 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Health care is not as safe as it should be. A substantial body of evidence points to medical errors as a leading cause of death and injury in America. These preventable adverse events are the 8th leading cause of death in the United States. Sizable numbers of Americans are harmed as a result of medical malpractice. Deaths due to preventable adverse events in hospitals (malpractice) exceed...

• Patient Rights-Respect and Courtesy?

  Jeanie Oliver | December 18, 2007 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  I have recently been diagnosed with an autonomic nervous system dysfunction called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS for short. What I have is not so important in this blog as how I have been treated by medical professionals. Most of you probably think "treated" means what the doctors have prescribed, recommended, tests that have been run, etc. In this article, though, I mean...

• Bacterial Meningitis-Failure to Diagnose

  Jeanie Oliver | December 14, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Bacterial meningitis is easy to identify. Doctors just have to do the tests. Why, then, do people die every year from this disease? One of the major reasons is that emergency room personnel, especially, tend to take one look at vomiting and diagnose "nausea". They all too often leave it at that. The major symptoms for bacterial meningitisinclude the following: nausea, high fever, stiff neck,...

• We Can Help Build a Safer Helath Care System

  Frank Bailey | December 06, 2007 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  In June of 1998, the Quality of Health Care in America project was initiated by the Institute of Medicine. Its purpose was to develop a strategy that would improve the quality of care in the United States. The Institute of Medicine found that each year, more than 98,000 Americans die because of medical mistakes. That is more than are killed on the highways. In addition, many more people...

• Three Wrong Site Surgeries In A Year

  Frank Bailey | November 27, 2007 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  95% of all medical malpractice is caused by less that 1% of doctors. This has recently been highlighted by a hospital in Rohde Island where doctors for the third time this year operated on the wrong side of a patient's head.The hospital said it was re-evaluating its training and policies, and providing more oversight; giving nursing staff the power to ensure procedures are followed, but is this...

• Boston Doctors Lose Medical Malpractice Case

  Shannon Weidemann | October 15, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Two doctors from a Boston hospital have lost a medical malpractice lawsuit. A jury awarded the plantiff $26.5 Million for a family to care for a child with cerebral palsy. The family contends that a lack of monitoring and failure to perform a timely c-section injured their son. A Suffolk County jury issued the verdict Thursday. The damages against two Brigham and Women's doctors are believed...

• Widow Wins $16 Million in Medical Malpractice Case in Connnecticut

  Shannon Weidemann | October 11, 2007 8:13 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  The widow of a truck driver was awarded $16 Million in a medical malpractice case against a doctor and medical group. The man died in 1994 of a heart attack. The lawsuit contended that the man's heart disease was not properly diagnosed or treated. The defendents in the case were Dr. Robert Goldsmith and the Stamford Medical Group. Koskoff called the award one of the largest wrongful death...