Posts tagged medical errors

• The Third Leading Cause of Death is…Doctors?

  Mike Ferrara | March 28, 2012 4:32 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  That’s right…research is showing that doctors in America kill roughly 225,000 people every year. This makes doctors the third leading cause of death after heart disease and...

• Constitutionality of Damage Caps Comes Under Scrutiny in Florida

  Mike Ferrara | November 22, 2011 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In 2003, faced with what the American Medical Association was calling a “crisis” of doctors fleeing the state due to an overabundance of “frivolous” malpractice suits, the...

• Medical Malpractice Caps Only Protect Bad Doctors and Rich Insurance Companies

  Camryn Hansen | July 17, 2011 4:54 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In his recent op-ed discussing the malpractice caps in his state of West Virginia, trial attorney Paul Farrell Jr. likens the caps to protections for drunk drivers. “Protecting bad doctors...

• House HEALTH Act Will Kill Patients’ Rights

  Mike Ferrara | May 21, 2011 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The House of Representatives is currently considering a bill called H.R.5, otherwise known as the “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act.” Though the House...

• Medical Errors Are Ten Times More Common Than We Thought – 1 in 3 are Injured!

  Mike Ferrara | April 10, 2011 9:19 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  To my dismay, I’ve just read the findings of a new report released by the journal Health Affairs, which found that medical errors and adverse events in hospitals may be 10 times higher than...

• Crisis in the Health Care System Won’t Be Resolved by Reforms in the Legal System

  Mike Ferrara | March 20, 2011 7:17 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In 1999, a study by the Institute of Medicine found that as many as 98,000 Americans are killed by medical errors—most of them preventable—each year. In 2000, the Journal of the American...

• Formerly Sued Doctor-Turned-Congressman Spearheads Medical Malpractice Bill

  Mike Ferrara | February 11, 2011 2:54 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Rep. Phil Gingrey (R, CA) was an obstetrician for 30 years before being elected to Congress in 2002. Now, he’s taking the lead on a bill that would severely limit payments to patients who have...

• Tort Reform is a Disaster for Patients’ Rights (and it Won’t Lower Health Care Costs)

  Mike Ferrara | November 30, 2010 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Almost everyone can agree that lower costs are among the most needed reforms in our health care system. Tort reform will not lead to lower costs. The facts show that malpractice suits and premiums...

• Hospitals Are Trying, But Patient Safety is Not Improving

  Mike Ferrara | November 28, 2010 5:00 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a six-year study at 10 hospitals in North Carolina recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, medical errors and patient harms are not on the decline despite attempts by...

• In the Hospital, Medical Errors Harm 1 out of 7 Medicare Patients

  Mike Ferrara | November 18, 2010 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a report released earlier this week by the Department of Health and Human Services, one out of every seven hospitalized Medicare patients is harmed by some type of medical...