Posts tagged hospital

• Exposing the Perils of Texas Tort Reform

  Mark Bello | August 11, 2011 4:06 PM | 37 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to Bob Moss, spokesman for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, two serious violations, one resulting in death, triggered an inspection of Parkland Memorial Hospital in...

• What Do You Call a Minnesota Surgeon Sued Nine Times for Malpractice? A TEXAS Surgeon!

  Mark Bello | August 12, 2011 6:25 PM | 10 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Yesterday, I posted “Exposing the Perils of Texas Tort Reform” which prompted me to research neurosurgeon, Dr. Stefan Konasiewicz (Dr. K). What I found was so unbelievable that I thought...

• Smokers Fumed Over 2005 Weyco Smoking Ban Policy, But Tennessee Hospital Follows Suit

  David Mittleman | February 01, 2010 10:13 AM | 4 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Okemos, MI—Weyco Inc., a medical benefits administrator, instituted a policy in January 2005 that banned employees from using tobacco, even during non-work hours. In fact, the company...

• Auto No-Fault: Meet Katie and Katlin

  Timothy Smith | January 10, 2012 5:05 PM | 3 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A moving video piece put together by the Michigan Health and Hospital Association that puts a face to the reason why we can't change Michigan's Auto No-Fault...

• Girl Who Lost Limbs While Waiting for Medical Care Settles for $10 Million

  David Mittleman | October 31, 2011 8:46 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The family of Malyia Jeffers has settled for $10 million with a Methodist hospital, after Malyia's arms and legs had to be partially amputated after waiting for five hours to be treated by emergency...

• Long-Term Care Hospitals Lacking Oversight

  David Mittleman | February 10, 2010 2:44 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to Medicare officials, long-term care hospitals have sprouted up all over the country in the past 30 years, when hardly any such facilities existed in the early 80s. Perhaps the repaid...

• The Doctor Is In and He Says Tort Reform Isn't the Cure

  David Mittleman | October 28, 2009 4:26 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Even doctors are starting to speak out about our insurance crisis. I recently read a post online by Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. that had me nodding my head. Dr. Parikh went straight to task and took on...

• Medical Malpractice: Wrong-Site Surgeries Hit an Astonishing Average of 40 Times Per Week

  Mark Bello | June 23, 2011 9:31 AM | 2 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  An article in the Washington Post reported, Based on state data, Joint Commission officials estimate that wrong-site surgery occurs 40 times a week in US hospitals and clinics. Mistakes such as...

• Woman sustains serious injuries from car accident

  Devon Glass | June 25, 2010 2:27 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to reports, on June 24, 2010, a woman was seriously injured when her car broadsided another car near the intersection of Onondaga and Bunker in Aurelius Township. The woman allegedly ran a...

• Cancer Screening Has Risks As Well As Benefits - So Does Life (Part II)

  David Mittleman | October 26, 2009 9:14 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As I wrote yesterday, for years the message from health care providers and cancer awareness groups has been consistent and clear: early detection through regular screening saves lives. In an...