Posts tagged hospital

• Patients Are Nothing But Mindless Dollar Signs To Hospitals

  Bret Hanna | May 03, 2011 11:18 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Miscellaneous
  

  But that may be changing - to the chagrin of the hospital community. The attitude of hospitals toward patients is palpable when one reads online postings such as Consumer Access to Hospital Data...

• Doctors Performing Unnecessary Surgeries?

  Bret Hanna | May 19, 2009 7:08 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  People may joke that it happens and some may suspect that it really does, but for one New York woman, being the victim of unnecessary surgeries may be her reality. Forty two year old Kristy...

• New Heart Procedure May Be Alternative to Open Heart Surgery

  Bret Hanna | June 01, 2009 10:02 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Heart valves are typically replaced through invasive open heart surgery procedures which, along with the benefits, pose significant risks. A new procedure, however, may offer an alternative for...

• Doctor Falsifies Study In Favor of Medical Product Infuse - Chapter 2

  Bret Hanna | May 22, 2009 10:13 AM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Last week, I reported that ex-army doctor and paid consultant to medical product manufacturer Medtronic, Timothy Kuklo, falsified a study which overstated positive results with his use of the bone...

• Hospitals Not Necessarily Safe Havens

  Bret Hanna | April 05, 2012 9:39 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a bulletin recently issued by AARP, hospitals can be very dangerous places. One highlighted statistic notes: The number of patients who die each year from preventable...

• Hospital Visit? Beware the "July Effect"

  Bret Hanna | August 11, 2011 5:39 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The medical community and its observers have long suspected a decrease in the quality of care delivered by hospitals in July, the month when newly minted residents arrive at hospitals. A review...

• Medicare Patients Beware!

  Bret Hanna | November 18, 2010 10:56 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Office of Inspector General recently reported that as many as 15,000 elderly Medicare patients die every month. Really? How can that be? The numbers translate to 13 percent of all Medicare...

• Friday is World MRSA Day

  Bret Hanna | September 28, 2009 11:38 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Friday is World MRSA Day. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is nasty business. In 2006, the last year that MRSA cases were reported in Utah, there were 4,904 reported cases of...

• High Speed Four-Car Crash That Injured Four Was Avoidable

  Bret Hanna | August 25, 2009 9:41 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Expedition traveling east at a high rate speed on Bangerter Highway Monday afternoon slammed into the back of GMC Yukon. The impact pushed the Expedition into oncoming traffic where it was...

• High Speed Crash on I-80 Seriously Injures Two

  Bret Hanna | August 19, 2009 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  At about 11:00 p.m. last night, a 19-year-old young man driving a BMW at a high rate speed on I-80 in Parleys Canyon lost control and rolled the car down an 80 foot embankment and through some trees...