Posts tagged hospitals

• Immunity for Emergency Room Care Is A Deadly Costly Mistake

  David Mittleman | October 01, 2009 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Proposed Michigan Senate Bill 858 (SB 858)(PDF file) could forever alter the quality of care in Michiagn Hospital Emergency Rooms, resulting numerous devastating consequences for Michigan patients,...

• Eleven California Hospitals Fined for Failure to Properly Care for Patients

  David Mittleman | September 26, 2009 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Public health officials seem to be cracking down on hospitals a lot harder these days, and rightly so. In fact, eleven California hospitals were recently fined $25,000 each for alleged regulation...

• Nurses Coming Clean on Hospitals Not Up to Par

  David Mittleman | August 31, 2009 2:13 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Consumer Reports recently conducted a study on hospital conditions. It may not shock you that hospitals aren’t as safe or as sanitary as they claim to be, but it probably will...

• Daily News Uncovers Horrifying Trend of Medical Staff Falsifying Medical Records at City-Run Hospitals

  David Mittleman | July 28, 2009 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a New York Daily News investigation, medical staffers at city-run hospitals are going to great lengths to cover up medical mistakes, including falsifying hospital records. Specifically,...

• Mandated Reporting of Injuries to Patients Takes Hold in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

  David Mittleman | July 25, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Not many people know the extent of avoidable mistakes that occur in hospitals and are never disclosed to the public. However, under laws that took effect last year in Virginia and a few years...

• Widow fulfills vow to ensure hospitals improve communication to save lives

  David Mittleman | July 21, 2009 2:55 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Vincent Hereford died from sepsis—poisoning from the spread of toxins or bacteria into the body—at 44, leaving behind his wife and two teenage children. Despite her devastating loss,...

• Who Pays When Elderly Patients Fall at the Hospital?

  David Mittleman | June 16, 2009 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A hospital fall is a common problem, particularly with the elderly, and falls lead to injuries, longer hospital stays and potential lawsuits. In fact, the authors of a recent article published in...

• NYC to pay $2M to the family of a woman who died on the floor of a Brooklyn Emergency Room

  David Mittleman | June 04, 2009 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  New York City will pay $2 million to the family of Esmin Green, a 49-year-old woman who was forced to wait for more than 24 hours in a Brooklyn psychiatric emergency room. Green eventually died...

• Practice Makes Perfect

  David Mittleman | January 06, 2009 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The New York Times recently published a story about one of its staff writer's relatives. Her relative discovered that she had rectal cancer, which would require surgery, radiation and chemotherapy....

• Doctor’s Hands Might Be Germ-free, But What About Their Scrubs?

  David Mittleman | October 01, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Extensive research has been published about the benefits of hand washing and equipment sterilization in hospitals. Unfortunately, little is known about the role doctor’s attire plays in spreading...