News tagged with 'Medical Malpractice and Negligent Care'

In a ruling that favors employers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled on Wednesday that employers can reduce or eliminate health benefits for workers over the age of 65 or when they become eligible for Medicare.

One doctor speaks up, " For the first time, I feel truly helpless at the hands of an insurance company.  My fears have come true: we physicians are quickly becoming pawns in the game of healthcare, with an ever decreasing capability to dictate appropriate care for our patients.”

It’s difficult enough when a young person dies.  But when a medical procedure that might have saved her life is denied by the insurance company –  some are calling that criminal. Attorney Mark Geragos has

More than a year after her near death experience from a flesh eating infection, Actress Alicia Cole wants the public to become more aware of the infection and how difficult it is to find a lawyer to take your case.  *Disclaimer- graphic photo at end of story.

LEARN MORE InjuryBoard Hospital Acquired Infections InjuryBoard MRSA Consumers Union Campaign to stop hospital infections Her resume says she is unavailable for work at this time because she is fighting Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) also known as man-eating fle

It sounds like a good idea in theory. But half of doctors surveyed say they do not report incompetent colleagues or serious medical errors.  The startling revelation appears in the Annals of Internal Medicine. In the survey 3,504 practicing doctors were asked whether they understand and support professional standards.  93 percent of doctors responding believe one should always alert authorities when facing potential medical malpractice. But in reality only 55 percent said they always did so.

It has reportedly happened before at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.  This time actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins are fighting for their lives after receiving an overdose of Heparin, an anti coagulant. The twins,  Thomas Boone and Zoe

An arbitration hearing in California opened to the public is shining light on the inner workings of the health insurance industry, specifically Health Net Inc. which has dropped about 1,600 policies between 2000 and 2006. Patsy Bates is suing for $6 million.

Two Duke University Health System hospitals have been forced to contact and notify some 3,800 patients that they may have been operated on with surgical instruments that were inadvertently rinsed with used elevator hydraulic fluid .  Although the story sounds almost too incredible to believe, it ac

Advances in radiation therapy have dramatically improved medical practice today. CT scans and nuclear medical exams allow physicians the capacity to pinpoint and diagnose a number of health problems. But radiation in these machines can be a risk to patients. Americans are being exposed to more amounts of radiatio

According to a report published by financial analysis firm Weiss Ratings Inc., first quarter profits at the nation's health maintenance organizations (HMOs) increased 61 percent in the first quarter of 2003. HMOs recorded a $2.3 billion profit for January, February and March of 2003, a striking increase from the $1.

Which Pennsylvania auto insurance package is recommended by a majority of legal experts? Pennsylvania residents deciding which auto insurance package to buy should highly consider a full tort policy say legal experts across the state. Full tort policies provide complete insurance protection if a policyholder is i

Pennsylvania residents deciding which auto insurance package to buy should highly consider a full tort policy say legal experts across the state. Full tort policies provide complete insurance protection if a policyholder is injured in an automobile accident. Attorneys warn that a limited tort policy, which is th

Thanks to a new website recently launched by ATLA, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America , the public can now join the fight against tort reform. ATLA describes the website, called People Over Profits , as "an organization dedicated to protecting the right to trial by jury for those harmed by the negligence o

A startling new study conducted by researchers with RAND Health suggests doctors may not be providing full-time adequate healthcare. Appearing in the June 26th issue of New England Journal of Medicine , the study involved 7,528 adults who granted access to their medical records and participated in a comprehensive tel