Posts tagged medical malpractice

• Addicted Doctors Practicing Medicine

  Ed Normand | December 19, 2007 12:29 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  California has closed its confidential program that allowed physicians to continue to practice medicine while undergoing treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. There have been many cases of medical malpractice, even those involving injury and death, committed by physicians in treatment programs administered by state medical boards. Many physicians successfully recover while under such programs...

• Actor Dennis Quaid Sues Drug Maker After Twins Heparin Overdose

  Evan Rosen | December 06, 2007 6:01 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Recently, Dennis Quaid's new born twins were mistakenly given 1,000 times the normal dose of the blood-thinning medication Heparin while under treatment for a staph infection. The twins have apparently recovered fully but the Quaid's want Baxter Healthcare Corporation, the maker of Heparin, to fix the packaging so this never happens again and have filed suit to help effectuate that change. ...

• Medical Study Reveals Very Disturbing Findings About Doctors

  Evan Rosen | December 05, 2007 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to the Annals of Internal Medicine, which surveyed more than 1,600 physicians in 2003 and 2004 for their recently published report, 46% of physicians admitted to not reporting serious medical errors that had been made. "There is a measurable disconnect between what physicians say they think is the right thing to do and what they actually do," said Eric Campbell of Massachusetts...

• Hepatitis Infection Risk Kept From Patients

  Ed Normand | December 04, 2007 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The reuse of syringes by a physician was kept from the public and the potentially infected patients even when known by the authorities. The state health departments and even officials from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were aware of the risk of infection but delayed reporting the problem. Incredibly the number of patients potentially infected may run in the thousands. ...

• Hepatitis Infection Risk Kept From Patients(2)

  Ed Normand | December 04, 2007 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The reuse of syringes by a physician was kept from the public and the potentially infected patients even when known by the authorities. The state health departments and even officials from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were aware of the risk of infection but delayed reporting the problem. Incredibly the number of patients potentially infected may run in the thousands. ...

• Doctors Keep Medical Negligence Secret

  Ed Normand | December 04, 2007 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In yet another study of the medical malpractice problem in the United States a recent study revealed that almost half of physicians in the United States admitted they knew of a serious medical error that had been made but did not tell authorities about it. The report stated that most of the physicians knew that they should report the problem but did not. Imagine if half all pilots refused to...

• Med Mal Insurance Rates Barely Lowered Despite Billions More in Insurance Company Profits

  Evan Rosen | November 13, 2007 8:11 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Despite a 68% increase in profits for Medical Malpractice insurance companies in Florida, up to $2.2 Billion from $700 Million in just one year, there was only a 3% rate reduction for doctors. The number of Medical Malpractice lawsuits have fallen since 2003 when the legislature voted to capped pain and suffering type damages. The only ones who continue to rake in more money than ever are the...

• Vioxx Settles for $4.8 Billion

  Evan Rosen | November 12, 2007 6:59 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  On Friday, Merck Corporation, the makers of the anti-inflammatory drug known as Vioxx, settled 45,000- 50,000 outstanding personal injury lawsuits for it's defective and deadly medication. The settlement, after thousands of hours of negotiations with attorneys representing family members of deceased or permanently injured patients from every state in the country, totalled $4.8 billion. It's...

• What Goes Around Comes Around

  Ed Normand | November 06, 2007 1:10 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In recent years we have heard certain lawmakers rail against evil trial lawyers and advocate for bans or strict caps on medical malpractice cases. Now, one of the leading lawmakers for "tort reform" has, so to speak, gotten a taste of his own medicine. According to an article in the Jacksonville Times-Union: It has been a staple of Stephen Wise's political career. As a state representative and...

• Growing Number of Floridians Without Health Insurance

  Eddie Farah | November 02, 2007 12:14 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Here are the latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau.They tell us that Floridians are increasingly opting to go without health insurance. The latest count -- one in four residents, under age 65, did not have health insurance coverage last year. In terms of numbers, that translates to almost four million Floridians. Back in 2002, one in five Floridians lacked health coverage. Those numbers...