Medical Malpractice

• Midwives in Virginia: A Bad Idea

  Dan Frith | February 03, 2009 10:57 AM | 25 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Virginia is seeing an explosion in the number of midwives....and this is a bad trend! I see many complicated deliveries where a fetus becomes entangled in the umbilical cord or caught in the birth...

• Midwives in Virginia: Part Two

  Dan Frith | February 04, 2009 11:45 AM | 17 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Yesterday I wrote a blog on midwives in Virginia...and boy did I raise some eyebrows! I do appreciate my readers' comments and, although I cannot respond to everyone, I do want to follow up on my...

• Got MRSA!

  Dan Frith | March 24, 2009 10:44 AM | 8 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I know it is not a good idea to play on the marketing phrase, Got Milk, but I just couldn't help myself. My reasoning is that it seems as if MRSA is as common today as cow's milk. Most people know...

• Malignant Hyperthermia in Florida

  Dan Frith | March 31, 2008 8:34 AM | 8 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We wrote a short blog a couple of days ago on the tragic death of Stephanie Kuleba, an 18 year old who died from malignant hyperthermia, a known complication of anesthesia, after corrective reconstructive breast surgery in Boca Raton, Florida. The sad story of the unnecessary death of an 18 year old from complications at an outpatient surgery clinic motivated me to write my blog. The purpose...

• Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure are not being appropriately treated

  Dan Frith | May 26, 2009 10:35 AM | 7 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Don't take my word for it...take the word of a report in the May 5th Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia...

• The Reality of the High Cost of Defensive Medicine

  Ben Glass | September 13, 2009 7:16 AM | 6 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  As the debate ramps up regarding health care reform/insurance reform, one of the subjects that is brought up more and more often is the notion that we need to change the medical malpractice laws, on...

• Attorney Client & Patient Privacy Rights Surviving Death--Did Michael Jackson's Former Nurse or Doctor Ignore Confidentiality and Privacy Rights Under HIPAA?

  Rick Shapiro | July 04, 2009 9:04 AM | 5 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Did Michael Jackson's former nurse or doctor seek personal publicity and blatantly ignore privacy rights in violation of HIPAA? On a related note, does the attorney client privilege survive the...

• Too Many Malpractice Lawsuits or Too Much Malpractice?

  Dan Frith | April 02, 2009 3:15 PM | 4 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We've listened to George Bush, various national, state, and local medical organizations, and the insurance industry cry long and hard about the need to reform medical malpractice laws in the United...

• Disruptive Doctors Causing Medical Errors and Workplace Problems

  Greg Webb | December 24, 2008 8:00 AM | 4 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Hospital staff members are blaming badly behaving doctors for low morale, stress, and high turnover, which contribute to medical mistakes, preventable complications, and even death, a recent study...

• MRSA Infections Typically Caught In Hospitals, Killing 18,000 People Each Year

  Greg Webb | December 09, 2008 8:00 AM | 4 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  MRSA infections kill more than 18,000 people a year, and six out of seven people infected with the antibiotic-resistant germ contract it at a health care facility. The germ, methicillin-resistant...