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Medical Malpractice Secrecy.
Doctors and hospitals win 85% to 90% of the medical malpractice cases tried across this country. This percentage holds true even when the facts strongly favor the patient. Why can’t patients get a favorable verdict from their fellow citizens? There … Read More
Posted in disclosure of medical mistakes, Doctors, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, Malpractice caps, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice claims, medical malpractice damages caps, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, plaintiff, Secrecy, tort reform, trial | Malpractice Secrets in Florida.
Florida is one of the states in which the state legislature fell for the argument that there was a medical malpractice crisis that required taking away the rights of patients in order to protect doctors, hospitals and their insurance companies. … Read More
Posted in Doctors, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, Malpractice caps, Malpractice costs, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice cases, medical malpractice claims, medical malpractice damages caps, medical malpractice lawsuits, Medical Negligence, Secrecy, tort reform | Lots of Malpractice Out There
There is often a debate about just how much medical malpractice there is. Advocates for the medical industry and their insurance companies would have you believe that there is very little malpractice and that lawsuits claiming malpractice are almost always … Read More
Posted in disclosure of medical mistakes, Doctors, Health Care Costs, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Malpractice costs, medical charts, Medical Costs, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Medicare, never events, Nurses, Secrecy | Why More Pharmacy Malpractice?
Last week I blogged about how to protect yourself from pharmacy malpractice and remarked that instances of pharmacy malpractice were increasing. The current situation was discussed at length in a New York Times investigation. The days of the corner Mom … Read More
Hospital Secrecy
Hospitals are big business. While many may be non-profit corporations, they make lots and lots of money and they definitely do not want you to know how they do it or how to protect yourself from being overcharged. Hospitals chains, … Read More
Physician Conflicts of Interest
One of the very first of the ethical rules promulgated by the American Medical Association requires doctors to place the welfare of the patient ahead of the doctor’s own self-interest or obligations to others. As life grows ever more complicated, … Read More
The Malpracticing Surgeon
While it often takes a while, state medical boards usually catch up with surgeons who are so incompetent they keep killing and seriously injuring their patients. Unfortunately, it takes a pretty bad record to get a doctor suspended or to … Read More
Consolidation Threatens Doctor Independence.
If you are not concerned about consolidation in the delivery of medical services, you should be. We like to think of the medical profession as individual providers who care about us and also care for us. We like to think … Read More
Improving Hospital Care
Anyone who has ever been a hospital patient or who has had a loved one in the hospital has seen errors in care. They occur on almost a daily basis and they come in all shapes and sizes. Modern medical … Read More
Posted in Arizona Medical Board, disclosure of medical mistakes, Doctors, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice claims, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Nurses, Secrecy, Surgical Errors | Passing the Malpractice Buck in Florida
By 2004, Florida voters had had enough. They passed a constitutional amendment to stop bad doctors from continuing to malpractice. The idea was a simple one: If there there three instances of malpractice, a doctor would not be allowed to … Read More
Posted in Doctors, Lawsuits, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice cases, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Secrecy, Surgical Errors, Verdicts | 
