Hospitals have begun to use the technology to help reduce medical errors and improve patient safety.

Black boxes on airplanes record detailed information about flights. Now, a technology that goes by the same name and captures just about everything that goes on in an operating room during a surgery is making its way into hospitals. Here is the link: Hospital ‘Black Boxes’ Put Surgical Practices Under the Microscope: Hospitals have begun […]

Why We Need A New Category For Medical Safety Devices

I have had the honor to work with many medical experts and engineers responsible for developing important medical equipment, like the Hassan clamp. The Government should properly regulate the products they engineer. … although acute medical care presents myriad risks to patient safety, there is no category for devices designed to preserve that safety. Why […]

Georgetown Study: Medical Malpractice Is Not Random

Physicians with a single paid claim are 4x as likely to have a future claim than physicians with zero paid claims.  We find a similar pattern in both high-risk and lower-risk specialties.  We also find no evidence that public disclosure of paid claims has any impact on these patterns — meaning there is no “blood […]

The Increasing Incidence and Cost of Medical Malpractice

  The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019 raised the alarm while calling for urgent action to reduce patient harm in healthcare. The United Nations (UN) specialized agency stated that medical malpractice results in 2.6 million deaths annually. “Most of these deaths are avoidable. The personal, social and economic impact of patient harm leads to […]

Medical Malpractice Can Be Fatal

Preventable harm caused by health care providers to patients is the core mission addressed in a medical malpractice case. The need is greater now than ever. Due to the growing rate of medical errors and malpractice, scientists at Johns Hopkins in 2016 proposed it should rank as the third leading cause of death in the […]

Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behaviors in Health Care Settings

A link to a podcast on “managing” disruptive behavior in a clinic, hospital, or doctors office: We’ll be discussing the role of Behavioral Emergency Response Teams (BERTs), trained in non-violent intervention techniques, in managing disruptive behavior and improving safety for both patients and staff. We’ll also dive into the impact of trauma-informed care (TIC) on […]

Handling A Punitive Damages Claim in the Setting of Medical Malpractice

An appellate court reversed a punitive damage claim brought against a Hospital only. Where culpable or wanton (criminal) recklessness is alleged, the line between professional employment and misconduct outside the scope of that employment is always at play. Trial lawyers juggle that difficult balance in the most serious cases. Fourth DCA Reverses Punitive Damages Against […]

Iatrogenic Injuries

Numerous errors and medicolegal aspects have been identified in diagnosing and treating cardiac tamponade associated with cardiac-related procedures such as valve replacement surgeries, cardiac pacemaker implantation, pericardiocentesis, and other non-cardiac related procedures such as peri-hiatal surgeries. Patients taking anticoagulants or anticancer medications are especially susceptible to developing cardiac tamponade when undergoing surgical procedures, raising the […]

Misdiagnoses lead to 250,000 ER patients’ deaths annually, U.S. study finds

There was a New England Journal of Medicine article decades ago that found that if emergency room patients didn’t list their complaints in the right order and in time – they wouldn’t be heard or recorded properly. Originally reported in the New York Times, this study is getting wide attention. “The study, released [Dec. 15] by […]