Posts tagged doctor

• Study Shows That Improved Patient Safety Leads to Fewer Medical Malpractice Claims

  David Mittleman | April 16, 2010 9:26 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Some people like to argue that all attorneys are out there filing lawsuits against doctors every chance that they get. However, I have continuously emphasized that with improved patient safety and...

• Settlement Reached in Class Action E-Ferol Suit Twenty-Six Years After Deaths of Premature Infants

  David Mittleman | April 15, 2010 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Nearly 26 years ago, some hospitals thought they might have found a helpful intravenous vitamin E supplement to give to premature babies. That drug, called E-Ferol, was supposed to prevent blindness...

• Ten Things You Should Know About the New Healthcare Bill

  David Mittleman | March 29, 2010 10:02 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  With all the rumors swirling around the new healthcare bill, it’s difficult to know how you and your family will really be affected. So here are 10 things you need to know about the new...

• Pharmaceutical Companies Look to Private Practice for Doctors Willing to Promote Drugs

  David Mittleman | March 18, 2010 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A few weeks ago I wrote about medical residency programs accepting pharmaceutical industry gifts and the ethical concerns that The Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine has about the...

• Medical Residency Programs' Acceptance of Pharmaceutical Industry Aid Raises Ethical Questions

  David Mittleman | February 26, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to a survey conducted in 2006 and 2007, ¾ of the program directors responsible for medical residency programs that responded said that they believed it “was not...

• Going to the Hospital May Be More Hazardous to Your Health Than Staying Home

  David Mittleman | February 24, 2010 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Feeling sick? Going to the hospital may be more hazardous to your health than dealing with the illness you’re already experiencing. At least that’s been the experience of nearly...

• New Jersey Doctor Gets Hospital Privileges Back Despite Performing Fatal Wrong-Site Surgery

  David Mittleman | February 15, 2010 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  My friend and fellow blogger, Steve Lombardi from the Lombardi Law Firm, relentlessly educates and advocates when it comes to safety. For example, in one of his recent blog posts he wrote about...

• Texas Nurse Stands Trial for Blowing the Whistle on Doctor With History of Inappropriate Behavior

  David Mittleman | February 08, 2010 9:21 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Anne Mitchell, an administrative nurse at the Winkler County Memorial Hospital, assumed she was simply upholding her professional obligation when she blew the whistle on a doctor at the hospital...

• Oscar the Cat Provides Comfort To Dying Patients, Offers Lessons On Dealing With Terminal Illness

  David Mittleman | February 06, 2010 10:00 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Perhaps you recall the story of the cat that lives in a nursing home and can predict death. Oscar is that feline’s name and he does have an uncanny ability to guess when a patient is about to...

• NY Governor Patterson Proposes Legislation Restricting Pharmaceutical Company Gift-Giving to Docs

  David Mittleman | February 02, 2010 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  New York’s Governor Patterson recently proposed tougher laws that would prevent pharmaceutical companies from giving gifts to doctors to entice them to promote the use of specific prescription...