- Beth Janicek | June 24, 2011 5:35 PM | San Antonio, TX
Category:
Medical Malpractice
In 2004, the Joint Commission, a Chicago-based group that accredits the nation’s hospitals, unveiled mandatory rules intended to prevent operations on the wrong patient or body part. The...
- Beth Janicek | March 14, 2011 8:56 AM | San Antonio, TX
Category:
Miscellaneous
A federal investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services released last week revealed that over 90% of nursing homes employ workers with a criminal conviction. The study also reported...
- Beth Janicek | April 30, 2010 2:22 PM | San Antonio, TX
Category:
Medical Malpractice
A study, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently published it’s results on nurse-to-patient ratio safety research. In 1999,...
- Beth Janicek | April 26, 2010 10:24 AM | San Antonio, TX
Category:
Medical Malpractice
A San Antonio family has turned their devastating personal loss into a positive action by creating a patient safety foundation to help others from becoming a victim of medical mistakes.
Louise...
- Beth Janicek | July 01, 2008 12:12 PM | San Antonio, TX
Category:
Medical Malpractice
- Beth Janicek | July 01, 2008 12:06 PM | San Antonio, TX
Category:
Medical Malpractice
A 49-year old psychiatric patient waits for over 24 hours to get treated at the Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn , New York and dies in the waiting room. She was put in a chair, waiting for a...