October 10, 2017
A new patient advocacy idea that could actually WORK. The American Patient Defense Union
October 9, 2017
A peer reviewed survey of nurses rating hospital quality of care around the world. BMJ: Patient Safety, Satisfaction and Quality of Care
Tasting
The fifth – and mercifully final – in the series of blogs about how the Senses play out in litigation. I confess – I am at a loss on this one. But having given myself the task, I am determined to complete it. To state the obvious, there aren’t a lot of cases in my […]
September 27, 2017
The Courthouse doors are closing on medical malpractice victims all over the country. Millions Of Medical Malpractice Victims Forced To Navigate Legal System Without A Lawyer
Smelling
This is the third (of five) ‘Sense’ posts (Click here for ‘Seeing’ from two weeks ago) on how litigation unfolds, according to our five senses. These were interrupted by Hurricane Irma. The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind. – Thalassa Cruso […]
August 30, 2017
Evanston Insurance Company tries to avoid indemnity for South Carolina Nursing Home employing fake physican. #QualityFraud Evanston-Summary-Judgment-Order.pd
August 17, 2017
Few Outcome Measures Meet Criteria for Assessing Accuracy and Validity, According to Two Joint Commission Executives I blog about deaths from negligence and medical error being under reported. I also blog about Joint Commission procedures and the secrecy of peer review proceedings. Maybe the authorities are beginning to come around to my way of thinking.
The Other Escobar
On this blog, I focus on what most of my clients have in common – the need for serious medical care and the attendant expenses. I often blog about Quality Fraud and share news items about how the cost of healthcare is driven by misrepresentations made in the course of providing care. Unlike other markets, […]
June 8, 2017
On a topic we have been covering with reference to our data breach class action cases, The Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force finds lax compliance. REPORT ON IMPROVING CYBERSECURITY IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY
June 7, 2017
Today in Quality Fraud: Endoscope Maker, Olympus, settles for harms caused by gynecologic surgical tool that spreads cancer cells – following a 2016 $646M criminal/civil settlement with the Feds over a bribery and kickback scheme. 2016 Federal Criminal Bribery and Kickback Settlement by Olympus