Medical Malpractice

• A New Treatment for MRSA Infections

  Frank Bailey | March 18, 2009 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  Last Saturday Dr. M. Sullivan left a comment to my blog, “More Steps to Prevent Hospital Acquired Infections.” His comment is extremely interesting. According to Dr. Sullivan there is a...

• (C. diff.) Infections Kill

  Frank Bailey | March 18, 2009 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  A new report by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) found that between 165 and 438 patients die each day as a result of (C. diff.) infections. These...

• Disclosure of Medical Mistakes: Better for All Involved

  Ryan Scott | March 12, 2009 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Medical ethicists, hospitals, and courts all agree that trust is essential for a working healthcare industry. Part of that trust includes physicians putting patients first and fully informing them...

• Second Step to Prevent Hospital Acquired Infections

  Frank Bailey | January 17, 2009 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  The Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths website has fifteen things you can do to prevent hospital acquired infection. Their second recommendation is to ask your doctor or nurse, BEFORE they touch...

• Protection Yourself Against Hospital Acquired Infections

  Frank Bailey | January 12, 2009 6:58 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  The Committee to Recuce Infection Deaths (RID) lists 15 ways you can protect yourself against hospital acquired infections. The Committee has an excellent site you should visit. They have found, the...

• 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...

• Are Hospital Based Infections Preventable?

  Frank Bailey | May 05, 2008 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  Commonly called nosocomial or hospital based infections are on the rise in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in U.S. hospitals alone 1.7 million...

• 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...

• Hospital Settles Cerebral Case for $14 Million

  Shannon Weidemann | June 04, 2007 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  A hospital has settled a medical malpractice suit with the family of a young boy for $14 Million last week. The 5-year-old boy suffered a birth injury that led to cerebral palsy. The hospital staff did not administer treatment in time to prevent his injuries.The malpractice complaint against Northwestern Memorial Hospital contended the baby was not breathing when he was born and that emergency...