Medical Malpractice

• Corruption in Psychiatric Healthcare

  Paul Thomson | November 16, 2009 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The Chicago Tribune reported startling ties between psychiatrist Dr. Michael Reinstein and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. The doctor, worth about a half million dollars to the drug maker,...

• Hospitals Rarely Disclose Adverse Events to Patients

  Paul Thomson | November 13, 2009 9:30 AM | 1 CommentCharlottesville, VA

  Medpage Today reported that hospitals rarely give their patients explanations when they experience adverse effects of treatment. A survey revealed that over sixty percent of the time, patients do...

• Hospital sanctioned for serious surgical errors

  John Cooper | November 11, 2009 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  A Rhode Island hospital is expected to pay $150,000 in fines after a surgeon operated on the wrong part of the body – not for the first time. Rhode Island Hospital in Providence is the...

• Fire in the operating room, more dangerous than you can imagine

  Ben Glass | November 10, 2009 5:59 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The Supreme Court of Virginia has recently upheld a verdict against an Alexandria Virginia surgeon in a case that highlights the danger known to the medical profession. Rita Talbert went to...

• 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...

• Post-LASIK Problems Underplayed and Unreported

  Paul Thomson | October 22, 2009 12:24 PM | 1 CommentCharlottesville, VA

  Aggressive marketing has made the well known vision correction surgery known as LASIK surgery (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) a $2 billion industry, with it coming under fire for overstating...

• Congress One Step Closer to Killing Feres Doctrine

  Michael Phelan | October 09, 2009 9:55 AM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  The Feres Doctrine is a legal precedent from a 1950 United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that service members injured in the course of their duties are prohibited from suing...

• Feres Doctrine on Chopping Block After House Panel Vote

  Rick Shapiro | October 09, 2009 9:17 AM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  I have long advocated for the overturning of the Feres Doctrine, a nearly 60-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bars active-duty military personnel from receiving compensation for injuries they...

• Virginia Tort Reform Fund Victim of Alleged Fraud

  Ben Glass | October 09, 2009 7:24 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  About 20 years ago Virginia enacted some of the nation's worst tort reform laws for children injured at birth. This law, which protects doctors and hospitals who elect to participate in it, prevents...

• Trauma 1 v. Trauma 2 Hospitals, What's the Difference to A Person Hurt In An Accident?

  John Cooper | September 29, 2009 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  A trauma center is hospital capable of rendering medical care to patients suffering traumatic injuries. Yet, there are several different levels. A trauma center can be either a level one, two,...