Posts tagged medical errors

• Just How Much do Malpractice Suits Raise Health Care Costs?

  Mike Ferrara | July 16, 2009 10:22 PM | 21 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A succinct op-ed in The New York Times earlier this week by UPenn Law School professor Tom Baker made some terrific points about medical malpractice, and the expensive malpractice insurance that...

• Health Care Reform - Not Enough Attention to Medical Error Prevention

  Mike Ferrara | October 20, 2009 10:38 PM | 5 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a report just released by the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, in 2007, hospital doctors, nurses and other medical workers committed nearly 9,400 serious medical...

• 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...

• 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...

• Fatal Hospital Errors - New Jersey Reports 71 Percent Increase

  Mike Ferrara | December 20, 2008 10:29 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has announced the results of its third annual Patient Safety Act report, which show that in 2007, a full 72 New Jersey hospital patients...

• 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...

• Doctor Removed Baby’s Bladder by Mistake; Thought it was a Hernia

  Mike Ferrara | February 22, 2010 3:47 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A pediatrician in Manchester, England accidentally removed 90% of a baby girl’s bladder after mistaking it for a hernia during what should have been a routine surgery. ...

• Myth #4: Malpractice Claims Drive up Doctors’ Premiums.

  Mike Ferrara | November 14, 2009 6:31 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The campaign to slip widespread tort reforms into America’s health care bill is gaining momentum it doesn’t deserve because people are blithely accepting its exaggerations,...

• Doctor Mistakes – How much do Electronic Systems Help?

  Mike Ferrara | September 28, 2009 11:05 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  President Obama has made electronic medical records central to US health care reform, promising $1.2 billion of assistance to doctors and hospitals in switching from paper to electronic...

• 40,000 Auto Accident Deaths; 200,000 Preventable Medical Error Deaths Every Year

  Mike Ferrara | August 10, 2009 8:55 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The numbers emerging from a recent investigation by Hearst Newspapers are absolutely staggering: nearly 200,000 Americans are dying every year from died from medical mistakes that could have been...