Posts tagged medicine

• 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 Errors Still on the Rise. Take Action by Supporting “People over Profits”

  Mark Bello | September 20, 2011 2:29 PM | 2 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  What do twelve California hospitals have in common? All have been fined for preventable medical errors that injured or killed patients. Alameda Hospital in Alameda. In 2009, seven patients were...

• Let's Get Real About Lawsuits and Corporate America and Organized Medicine

  David Mittleman | December 02, 2009 10:11 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  While browsing the blogging world I discovered a post by Joanne Doroshow on the The Huffington Post with which I completely agreed. Ms. Doroshow was taking on the hypocrisy of Corporate America and...

• Medical Negligence Law Equals Accountability, Tort Reform Equals Insurance Greed

  David Mittleman | October 15, 2009 4:14 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There's some smoke and mirrors going on at the Congressional Budget Office and it's designed to take away your rights as a patient and to diminish the value of the 7th Amendment. We're in the middle...

• Patient Safety and the Doctor Shortage – Is Help on the Way?

  David Mittleman | May 25, 2012 3:35 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The image of the local doctor ambling up to your door, black bag in hand, is slowly fading from memory. But rapid advances in online technology and the proliferation of high-speed connectivity...

• Debate Rages Over “Costs” of Defensive Medicine

  David Mittleman | February 17, 2012 12:59 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Lately it seems like a growing chorus of tort reform advocates, led by the multi-billion dollar insurance industry, has been decrying the high “cost” of a practice called...

• CNN Finds Medical Residents Cheating on Radiology Board Certification Exams

  David Mittleman | January 16, 2012 10:22 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A recent CNN investigation uncovered an alarming trend--doctors cheating on their board certification exams. According to CNN reporters, doctors taking a test to become board certified in...

• Reducing Deadly Gaps in Communication Will Reduce Medical Malpractice

  Mark Bello | August 04, 2011 1:00 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I just read a story written by Dr. Madeline Biondolillo and published in the Boston Globe. Dr. Biondolillo wrote about her mother's ordeal after suffering a heart attack. Despite several...

• GlaxoSmithKline Admits to Practicing Bad Medicine at Puerto Rico Manufacturing Plant

  David Mittleman | January 03, 2011 11:25 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Prescription drugs are an extremely important part of many Americans' daily lives and can mean the difference between life and death. Obviously, you want to trust that your medications are effective...

• Illinois Pharmacist Admits Purposefully Mislabeling Drugs Sent to Nursing Homes

  David Mittleman | January 20, 2010 9:30 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Illinois--a Southwestern Illinois pharmacist recently pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of purposefully mislabeling drugs sent to nursing homes. The pharmacist, 47-year-old Ted Thalmann of...