Posts tagged medical malpractice

• 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,...

• Lack of Communication Increasingly Results In Medical Errors

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

  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...

• ABA Takes Stand Against Tort Reform

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

  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...

• Limits on Medical Liability Bill Advances

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

  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...

• Colorado Lawmakers Push New Regulation Of Surgical Technicians

  Chrissie Cole | February 28, 2010 11:57 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Kristen Parker, a former Rose Medical Center surgery technician, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for stealing syringes filled with pain medication and switching them with used syringes...

• Medical Malpractice Crisis Myths(2)

  Darin Schanker | June 20, 2008 4:00 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Center for American Progress has a series of short articles on medical malpractice, and it is worth giving a read. As the election shifts into overdrive, you can expect to hear a lot about this...

• 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...

• New Tool Targets Hospital Error Rates

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

  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...

• Years of “Tort Reform” and Hospitals No Safer

  Linda Chalat | November 30, 2010 4:02 PM | 2 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  For the past two decades, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has sponsored tort reform measures limiting medical malpractice claims. The U.S. Chamber supports health courts, caps on punitive damages, and...

• Medicare Patients Harmed by Hospitals

  Linda Chalat | November 19, 2010 2:29 PM | 1 CommentDenver, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a new study from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, an estimated 13.5 percent of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries experienced adverse...