Posts tagged medical malpractice

• Medical Errors and Death in Hospitals

  Staff Writer | April 21, 2006 8:36 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A recent study by HealthGrades indicates that the most serious problem in U.S. hospitals is medical error. This study ranked hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Nevada, Tennessee and the District of Columbia as those ranking lowest in patient safety.For more information about the medical errors study...

• Health Care Crisis

  Staff Writer | April 18, 2006 10:59 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We have all read about rising health care costs. Insurance companies would have you believe the increase is due to high medical malpractice verdicts and unscrupulous trial lawyers. As a lawyer who specializes in medical malpractice litigation and takes pride in representing the injured, it was with interest that I read the front page story in today's Wall Street Journal (April 18, 2006).The...

• Pharmacy Misfills A Fact of Life

  Staff Writer | February 21, 2006 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The statistics over the last 20 years have remained fairly consistent: 3-5% of all prescription fills at retail pharmacies result in errors, or "misfills" as they are known in the pharmacy business. This means that for every 100 prescriptions that you or your loved ones have filled, it is a statistical fact that 3-5 of them will be dispensed with some kind of error. Sometimes the wrong drug is...

• Misdiagnosis Malpractice Lawsuit Settled

  Staff Writer | January 21, 2006 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Department of the Air Force recently settled a malpractice lawsuit with a woman whose burst appendix was origianly diagnosed as a sexually transmitted disease. Michelle Reed went to the Peterson Air Force Base medical clinic on September 15, 2003 complaining of abdominal pain. It wasn't until six days later that it was determined her appendix was the problem. By the time she had surgery,...

• Tort Reform, Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death

  Staff Writer | January 19, 2006 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A story from the Denver Post talks about the non-profit group Colorado Citizens for Accountability and their battle to inform the public about medical malpracticeand tort reform. Founded by Patty and David Skolnik, whose son was diagnosed with a brain cyst. Only after he was operated on did the family find out that the doctor who performed the surgery had pending malpractice suits in other...

• Medical Malpractice and Good Samaritans

  Staff Writer | January 07, 2006 7:31 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Rep. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction has plans to introduce a bill to the Colorado Legislature (Good Samaritans in Health Care Act of 2006) which would protect doctors who volunteer their services from medical malpractice lawsuits.The bill is viewed among its supporters as a way to protect health care providers such as nurses, doctors, physical therapists, etc. from lawsuits when they are...