Posts tagged reporting

• Avoid Accident Hot Spots with the Click of the Mouse

  Mark Bello | February 28, 2012 3:57 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created SafeRoadMaps, which gives motorists detailed information about dangerous roads and sites where the most auto accidents have occurred in the...

• 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...

• Death By Medical Mistake: Put "Teeth" Into Reporting Requirements

  Mark Bello | September 29, 2010 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  As a result of nursing errors including a misadministration of pain medication, a simple arthroscopic shoulder surgery left one man brain dead. Two days later, the family made the decision to take...

• 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?...

• Marion, Illinois VA Hospital Continues to Have Safety Issues

  David Mittleman | November 08, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Federal Veterans Affairs Officials had assumed that the VA medical center in Marion, Illinois would clean up its act after being under such intense scrutiny for 2 years. However, serious safety...

• 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...