Medical Malpractice

• Braley Rudely Interrupted by GOP Chants of "Trial Lawyer": Is Standing Up for Justice A Bad Thing?

  Mark Bello | November 09, 2009 5:52 PM | 1 CommentVoices

  Congressman Bruce Braley, a Democrat representing the 1st District in Iowa, stood at the podium at 10:36 PM EST, Saturday evening. He began to address the issue of medical liablility reform because...

• To USA Today Editorial Staff: Trading Patient Safety for Health Care Savings Just Isn't Worth It

  Mark Bello | November 09, 2009 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  The USA Today has an editorial opinion in today's edition that I wanted to share with my readers. The opinion demonstrates that my (and Injury Board's) fight to protect injury victims from so-called...

• Investigation Of Contaminated Heparin Syringes Highlights Medication Safety Issues

  Wayne Parsons | November 09, 2009 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Heparin is a biological compound often used as an anticoagulant, administered to patients through a pre-prepared syringe. It minimizes the danger of such diseases as deep-vein thrombosis, pulmonary...

• Tort Law Changes Hurt Real Patients

  Ray De Lorenzi | November 09, 2009 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  --- crossposted from The Huffington Post --- As the House passed a sweeping health care overhaul this weekend, opponents of true reform pulled out all the stops. Saturday evening, the civil justice...

• Myth #1: There are too many “frivolous” malpractice lawsuits.

  Mike Ferrara | November 08, 2009 6:32 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  The campaign to slip widespread tort reforms into America’s health care bill is gaining momentum it doesn’t deserve because people are blithely accepting its exaggerations,...

• Marion, Illinois VA Hospital Continues to Have Safety Issues

  David Mittleman | November 08, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Federal Veterans Affairs Officials had assumed that the VA medical center in Marion, Illinois would clean up its act after being under such intense scrutiny for 2 years. However, serious safety...

• Caps on Damages Make No Sense

  Billy Cunningham | November 07, 2009 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Republican proposal on health care reform has provisions to limit compensation for non-economic injuries to persons injured or killed as the result of medical malpractice including residents of...

• Virginia Board of Medicine Reprimands Doctor after Lawsuit-A Case That DID Make a Difference

  Ben Glass | November 07, 2009 6:45 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The Virginia Board of Medicine has issued a formal reprimand to a doctor who has now promised to refer to a specialist any patient who has complaints of rectal bleeding. In a case handled by our...

• Ensuring Patient Safety Would Cost Fewer Lives AND Less Money

  Mike Ferrara | November 06, 2009 10:12 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Despite laws in New Jersey and Pennsylvania requiring hospitals to report major medical errors, unanticipated complications, and near misses to state agencies for the purpose of reducing...

• Message to Health Care Reformers: "Tort Reform" Won't Save Lives

  Mark Bello | November 06, 2009 6:21 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  This weekend, as health care reform is debated on the floor of the House of Representatives, I wonder if members will put aside favors owed to this corporate interest or that one and actually do the...