Medical Malpractice

• CDC Warns About 'deadly diarrhea germ'

  Linda Chalat | March 20, 2012 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Some 14,000 Americans die every year from a bacterial infection known as Clostridium difficile, or C. diff. , and another 300,000 are hospitalized, according to a report released last week...

• Grand Jury Considers Kickbacks to Denver Doctors

  Linda Chalat | November 03, 2011 1:31 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A federal grand jury in Denver is investigating the relationship between a dialysis company and one of the city's largest kidney doctors' offices. The doctors are under investigation to...

• Lack of Communication Increasingly Results In Medical Errors

  Linda Chalat | June 20, 2011 1:28 PM | 2 CommentsDenver, CO

  COPIC, a professional liability insurance company based in Denver, has issued a statement concerning the trend of incomplete patient information, missing tests and poor communication among...

• Limits on Medical Liability Bill Advances

  Linda Chalat | May 16, 2011 6:29 PM | 4 CommentsDenver, CO

  In spite of heavy hitters such as the American Bar Association lobbying against it (see previous blog), the House Energy and Commerce Committee late last Wednesday approved a measure aimed at...

• ABA Takes Stand Against Tort Reform

  Linda Chalat | May 12, 2011 3:44 PM | 1 CommentDenver, CO

  The American Bar Association, with nearly 400,000 members, the largest voluntary professional association in the world, has issued a public letter voicing the objections ABA has to portions of the...

• New Tool Targets Hospital Error Rates

  Linda Chalat | May 10, 2011 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Researchers looking at the rate of hospital errors contend that a new method for identifying medical errors shows that as many as 90 percent of hospital mistakes are overlooked. The new study used a...

• Spine Clinics Show Marketing Backbone

  Linda Chalat | May 05, 2011 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Laser Spine Institute LLC promises to ease back pain and have patients out the door in a few hours. And with medical centers across the nation, six are located in Colorado, their website proclaims...

• May is National Stroke Awareness Month

  Linda Chalat | May 01, 2011 3:25 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  May is National Stroke Awareness Month to help educate the public about the critical need for fast action when signs of a stroke are apparent. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the...

• Prescription Painkillers Pose Danger

  Linda Chalat | April 20, 2011 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  To halt prescription drug abuse, the nation's fast-growing drug problem, Congress is seeking special training for doctors and other health care workers before they are allowed to prescribe powerful...

• Connection Between Colorado Docs & Drug Companies to be Reviewed

  Linda Chalat | January 27, 2011 5:13 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  The next time your treating physician recommends a new prescription medicine for your use, you might consider inquiring as to whether there is a financial relationship between the doctor and the...