Posts tagged medicine

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• DEA and Local Police Departments Take Expired Prescription Drugs to Stem Illegal Use

  David Mittleman | October 23, 2011 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  If you're like other Americans, your medicine cabinet might be filled with bottles of unused and potentially expired prescription drugs. Unfortunately, having old prescription medications in your...

• 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...

• 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...

• New Patent Bill a “Get Out Of Jail Free” Card For a Major Law Firm

  David Mittleman | September 09, 2011 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A proposed bill now before the U.S. Senate is being described by some observers as a “bailout” of a powerful drug company and its prestigious law firm. The bill would change a provision...

• Dead By Mistake

  Mark Bello | April 04, 2011 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Patient safety remains a pressing problem across the country. When you go to the hospital, your goal is to get better - not worse, right? Then, why are thousands of patients at risk every day due to...

• 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...

• Patient Safety, Reporting Protocol, Must be the Standard for Eliminating Preventable Medical Errors

  Mark Bello | December 23, 2010 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Physicians—by nature—strive for perfection when caring for their patients. Much more often than not, they are successful; on occasion, adverse events occur. Back in 1999, the...