March 27, 2017
Supervision improves mortality outcomes in healthcare. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/well/live/when-hospital-inspectors-are-watching-fewer-patients-die.html?referer=https://t.co/88Hq8Rh028
March 21, 2017
The week was about a healthcare overhaul that may never come to pass. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/24/house-obamacare-repeal-vote/99573690/
“Watch Me.” The Torch Passes – A Press Release.
H/T Sara Fitzpatrick Comito of Conric for her beautiful writing. Lawyer celebrates fulfillment of father’s legacy with landmark Supreme Court decision William deForest Thompson Jr. helped lay groundwork in healthcare consumer victory FORT MYERS, Fla. (Feb. xx, 2017) – Two years after the death of his father, Fort Myers attorney William deForest Thompson, Jr. is […]
February 27, 2017
Harvard Paper on Black Box Medicine
Charles No. 3
After Florida voters overwhelmingly passed Amendment 7, Florida’s Legislature tried to tear its heart out by passing Florida Statute Section 381.028 at the behest of their paymasters, the health industry. The Statute explicitly contradicted Amendment 7 by making the information about adverse medical incidents an industry secret again. Under the Statute, there was no way […]
Charles No. 3
After Florida voters overwhelmingly passed Amendment 7, the Florida’s Legislature tried to tear its heart out by passing Florida Statute Section 381.028 at the behest of their paymasters, the health industry. The Statute explicitly contradicted Amendment 7 by making the information available to consumers an industry secret again. Under the Statute, there was no way […]
“Watch me,” he said.
Eight years ago, an article appeared in the Florida Bar Journal tracking the tumultuous progress of Amendment 7. “On November 2, 2004, voters in Florida overwhelmingly approved Amendment 7. Known as the ‘Patients Right to Know About Adverse Medical Incidents,” Amendment 7 represents one of the most sweeping changes in law and public policy ever […]
February 13, 2017
Americans Avoid Seeking Healthcare Because of Costs
February 7, 2017
Healthcare Hospital Manager agrees to pay $60 million dollars for up-charging procedures billed to Medicare and Medicaid. IPC Healthcare Fraud
A Landmark Decision for Patient Safety and Our Role In It
A week ago, the Florida Supreme Court decided Charles v. Baptist, a medical malpractice case filed by my Father in Duval County (Jacksonville). As is often the case, the result is rightfully credited to an army of skilled lawyers – most of them fronting their time and their money on behalf of a relatively powerless […]