Valleywide Legal Blog
State Medical Boards Continue To Fail The Public.
Every state has a medical board. While there are some differences from state to state, they are all alike in that their primary job is to protect the public from bad doctors. They have been failing at this job for … Read More
Posted in Arizona Medical Board, Doctors, Hospitals, Lawsuits, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical malpractice lawyers, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Secrecy | Hospital Pricing Is Broken.
A recent study by the RAND Corporation discovered that hospitals across the United States charge private health insurers far more than they charge Medicare for the same services. The amount by which hospital bills exceed what they are paid by … Read More
They Did WHAT To Me?
If you have ever been the victim of medical malpractice during a hospital stay, it is unlikely that the hospital or the doctors taking care of you told you about it. On those occasions when they do, it is usually … Read More
Posted in arizona certified medical malpractice lawyers, arizona certified personal injury lawyers, Arizona Medical Board, disclosure of medical mistakes, Doctors, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, medical charts, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice claims, Medical Negligence, medical negligence lawyers, Nurses, plaintiff, Secrecy | Defective Surgical Staplers And The FDA.
The surgical stapler is an important tool. Rather than spend substantial time sewing body parts together during abdominal, thoracic or bowel surgeries, surgeons can use a stapler to close up wounds and attach body parts. Removable staples are also used … Read More
Doctors Come In Many Different Flavors
Doctors are human beings, just like you and me. Most are wonderful, caring people, who chose medicine as a career so they could spend their lives helping others. Not all are so selfless, however. Not all chose medicine to help … Read More
Posted in Doctors, Fee for Service, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, plaintiff, Secrecy, Surgical Errors | Medical Record Confidentiality.
As patients, we have an expectation that our medical records will remain confidential. After all, there are few records more personal than our medical records, which may describe the most intimate details of our personal lives. Confidentiality is important to … Read More
The Hospital Says, “This is not a bill,” But You May Still Have to Pay It.
If you are injured in an automobile accident, you may find yourself at the Emergency Department. Maybe your injuries are minor enough that you can be discharged to home. Maybe they are more serious and you need to be admitted … Read More
Our Drug Development Model and Drug Supply Chain Are Broken.
One of the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic is that our drug development model and drug supply chain are broken. Our western capitalist system has served us well for many years. It provided products at a low price, which allowed … Read More
Posted in drug companies, Fraud, health, Health Care Costs, Lawsuits, Medical Costs, Medical Devices, Medicare, Pharmacies, Secrecy, Vaccines | Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste.
The Covid-19 pandemic has upended many aspects of our individual lives and the economic life of our country as well. We will be adjusting to its effects for many years to come. Some businesses are looking to use the emergency … Read More
Posted in Doctors, health, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice damages caps, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Nurses, plaintiff, Secrecy, tort reform, trial | Another Perspective on Healthcare Consolidation
Here is a piece that a friend of mine sent me. It appeared in a healthcare blog. It recounts a probably fictional event in which a doctor saw a briefing paper intended for a hospital executive but accidentally left behind … Read More
