Posts tagged error

• "I'm Sorry" Policy Works for University of Michigan Health System

  David Mittleman | July 22, 2009 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  It’s like a test to see who will blink first: patients, who are injured as a result of medical malpractice, want justice for the pain and suffering they endure, while hospitals and...

• Pharmacy Error May Have Lead to the Death of 21 Polo Horses

  David Mittleman | April 27, 2009 9:36 AM | 5 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Twenty-one of twenty-six Venezuelan polo horses collapsed shortly after being administered a compound similar to Biodyl–a French-made supplement including vitamins and minerals not approved in...

• Prescription Drug Dispensing Errors - How To Avoid Pharmacy/Pharmacist Mistakes

  David Mittleman | October 22, 2008 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to the Journal of The American Medical Association (JAMA) a report published 10 years ago, found that prescription drugs killed over 100,000 people in our country each year. That is 3...

• Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawyer | Medical Malpractice Claims

  Daniel Buckfire | October 15, 2008 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Medical malpractice occurs when a patient is injured because of a preventable error or negligent care during medical treatment. The kinds of preventable errors or negligent care that can give rise...

• Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawyers | Proving Medical Malpractice

  Daniel Buckfire | October 14, 2008 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Medical malpractice cases are some of the most difficult cases, both for a plaintiff to prevail in and for a lawyer to prepare for. They are always extremely complicated and require a lawyer who is...

• Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawyers | Medical Malpractice Defined

  Daniel Buckfire | October 14, 2008 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Medical malpractice occurs when a patient has been injured because of a preventable error or negligent care when receiving medical treatment. Medical malpractice is caused by a doctor, nurse, or...

• Hospital Mistakes Not Being Reported

  David Mittleman | September 19, 2008 3:26 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Hospitals and physicians not only have a duty to provide competent care, but also to notify the patients if they have been harmed by their negligence. Unfortunately, studies have found that...

• Drive-Through Pharmacy Windows: Convenience or Prescription for Error?

  David Mittleman | July 14, 2008 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A new study authored by Sheryl Szeinbach, a professor at the Ohio State University, indicates that pharmacists who work at pharmacies with drive-through windows believe the additional distractions...

• Medical Mixups; Hospital Prescription Drug Error Can Lead to Deaths

  David Mittleman | July 14, 2008 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  We have been aware of the shocking reality that 98,000 hospitalized patients die each year in the United States due to error for nearly a decade. What has been done? Recently two of fourteen babies...