- Jordan Margolis | April 04, 2011 12:51 PM | Cook County, IL
Category:
Wrongful Death
Healthgrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety In American Hospitals Study of March 2010 provided us with an updated report on patient safety incidence rates among Medicare patients at nearly all...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | January 24, 2011 2:46 PM | Chicago, IL
Category:
Medical Malpractice
A new study, “Infection Acquisition Following Intensive Care Unit Room Privatization,” is helping shed light on how dangerous and sometimes fatal hospital infections can be prevented....
- Jamie G. Goldstein | November 08, 2010 11:23 PM | Chicago, IL
Category:
Medical Malpractice
A Canadian study from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority examined the records of hospital patients in the city in an attempt to see how hospital acquired infections could be reduced and patient...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | October 20, 2010 10:30 AM | Chicago, IL
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Last week I posted about how the medical community needs to acknowledge and take responsibility for the alarming rates of medical errors that still occur every day in the interest of openness and...
- Nick Avgerinos | July 29, 2008 10:22 AM | Rockford & Moline, IL
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Early this July, the CEO of large hospital in Boston posted a blog entitled: “The message you hope never to send.” Talk about a jarring headline for anyone with loved ones at the hospital. What...