Posts tagged hospitals

• 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...

• 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,...

• No More Birth-on-Demand: Hospitals Banning Elective C-Section Procedures

  David Mittleman | November 17, 2011 8:51 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There is already a lot of controversy surrounding women's bodies and the choices they make regarding their reproduction. Now doctors are adding to that controversy by banning elective inductions...

• Transparency is Best When It Comes to Medical Mistakes

  David Mittleman | March 08, 2010 2:03 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Wouldn’t it seem like knowing a hospital’s previous medical mistakes might be important information to obtain prior to deciding to have a procedure performed at a particular hospital?...

• Radiation Therapy Offers Cure, But Greater Risk for Harm Without Proper Safety Procedures

  David Mittleman | January 25, 2010 9:43 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Scott Jerome-Park's death was agonizing to say the least: the nightmare began when he received a fatal dose of radiation at a New York City hospital which left him deaf, with ulcers in his mouth and...

• Five Hospital Secrets That Could Save your Life

  David Mittleman | October 01, 2009 12:57 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Most of us don’t enjoy a trip to the hospital. If you are already sick, the first priority on your mind is getting better as quickly as possible so that you can get out of the hospital and...

• 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...

• Government Report Finds 86% of Medical Errors Aren't Reported

  David Mittleman | January 12, 2012 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a stunning 86% of medical errors aren't reported in databases of the incident reporting system. This system...

• Study Finds More Patients Die During July

  David Mittleman | July 26, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Luckily, July will be over soon--but not just because of the unbearable heat wave we've experienced over the past week. There are other reasons to be concerned during the month of July: according to...