Valleywide Legal Blog

Crooked Doctors Worse Than Malpractice

  Malpractice is nothing more than a medical mistake that harms a patient.  Hundreds of times worse are doctors who lie, cheat and steal from their patients and from the rest of us who pay taxes to support Medicare and … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Fee for Service, Health Care Costs, Hospitals, Medical Costs, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice claims, Medicare |

Two Patients, One Doc – A Recipe for Disaster

Increasingly, our society calls for ever increasing efficiency.  From business to our personal lives, the demand for greater productivity never seems to end.  We talk on the phone, shave,  or do makeup while we drive.  We answer texts during office … Read More

Posted in disclosure of medical mistakes, Doctors, Health Care Costs, Hospital Negligence, Lawsuits, Malpractice costs, Medical Malpractice, Surgical Errors, tort reform, Uncategorized |

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same?

Stents are devices designed to hold diseased coronary arteries open to assure that blood flows through them to the heart.  Since they were introduced twenty years ago, millions have been implanted.  They are big money makers for the cardiologists who … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Fee for Service, Health Care Costs, heart attack, Medical Costs, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice |

Once Again The Curtain of Medical Secrecy Parts, If Only Briefly

I have remarked from time to time about the curtain of secrecy the medical profession has erected to hide from patients and the public their medical errors.  Whether it is improperly sterilized endoscopes, settlements with injured patients, hospital investigations into … Read More

Posted in disclosure of medical mistakes, Doctors, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, Medication Errors, Prescription Errors, Secrecy, Surgical Errors, Uncategorized |