Posts tagged Reform

• Ensuring Patient Safety Would Cost Fewer Lives AND Less Money

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

  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 Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  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...

• FDA Addresses Medical Errors And $4 Billion Pricetag

  Eddie Farah | November 06, 2009 1:29 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As we look at saving money on health care spending, Americans should consider drugs, specifically the huge cost of medical errors involving prescriptions. Medication interactions, a mix-up in the...

• Rhode Island Hospital: A Wake Up Call to America

  Mark Bello | November 05, 2009 6:20 PM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  When I first heard about the Rhode Island Hospital medical error fiasco, my first inclination was to write a blog about it. I decided, instead, to see what others would write about and add my two...

• Tort Reform, Lies, and Lady Justice

  John Hopkins | November 05, 2009 4:37 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is all about reforming our tort system, right? I mean fixing the health insurance problem for millions of uninsured people is all about preventing the filing of lawsuits against negligent doctors...

• Toby Keith: What Are You Talking About?

  Mike Bryant | November 05, 2009 9:20 AM | 9 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I've always been a big fan and own a couple of his albums. I think I've watched Beer For My Horses too many times, probably. It's because I like listening, that I pay attention to the lines of his...

• Loser Pays Tort Reform Would Bar All Medical Negligence Cases

  Christopher Nace | November 04, 2009 10:24 AM | 5 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A story in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution discusses a plan by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia to enforce a loser pays system in medical negligence...

• 3.8 million Toyotas Equal 6th Largest American Recall:Too Late For Four Killed

  Mike Bryant | November 03, 2009 11:32 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Apparently two years ago there were five complaints from owners of the 2007 Lexus ES 350 about unintended acceleration. It took them a little while, but after an apparent thorough investigation...

• Guess What: The U S Chamber TV Ad Attack Really Did Need A Closer Look

  Mike Bryant | November 03, 2009 3:27 PM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Yesterday, I wrote about the U S Chamber's hypocritical attack on TV ads. What I didn't cover was a closer look at what was underlying the press release which went out to all of their conservative...

• Health Care, Medical Malpractice and Conservative Greed

  Joanne Doroshow | November 02, 2009 5:00 PM | 3 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This is a repost from Huffington Post. Remember when all of those conservative Members of Congress and Governors screamed and yelled about the stimulus only to grab as much money as they could as...