Hospitals can fail their communities when they aren’t run properly. Mismanaged finances can result in poor quality care. Executives and board members of the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn have been accused of conspiring to divert hospital resources into their own pockets at the expense of patient care and community health in a proposed $500 […]
A three-judge Appeals Court panel reversed a Suffolk County judge’s dismissal of a suit alleging that nurse Orbelina Erazo, physical therapist Lauren O’Hara and their employer, Brigham & Women’s Faulkner Hospital, failed to properly assess the fall risks for patient Elizabeth Owens, which caused her to fall and fracture her hip following hip surgery. Read […]
A jury has awarded $8.5 million to the wife and estate of a patient who died after a routine knee-replacement surgery at a private surgical practice based in Glastonbury. In many cases, anesthesia is the culprit in such shocking outcomes but in this case it was the failure to detect and treat a fatal blood […]
Whenever I read an operative report in a surgery gone bad, I wonder about the accuracy of the surgeon’s descriptions. Sometimes, the outcome and physical evidence make the descriptions untenable. We may be on the verge of something closer to a true, contemporaneous account of every surgery. The OR Black Box system, which was developed […]
This takes unlicensed practice to another, putting it on steroids. Unanswered in this story is how many patients were harmed by these unscrupulous academics and the fraudsters they set loose. Two nursing school operators in the Fort Lauderdale area have fessed up to peddling fake diplomas to thousands of students who could then avoid completing […]
Shortages of critical medications continue to rise—including drugs used in hospital emergency rooms and to treat cancer, prescription medications, and even common over-the-counter treatments like children’s cold and flu medicine. The number of active drug shortages in the U.S. reached a peak of 295 at the end of 2022. However, drug shortages are not a […]
Service is underappreciated and what is additionally infuriating is when the Armed Services pile insult upon injury. To a person, my Family treasures the time we spent in Fort Bragg. It forged friendships that last a lifetime and brought us Caroline. But like any large institution, the Army can be cruel. Its not a news […]
Patients need to understand the risks and potential problems associated with telehealth visits to avoid additional injuries. Medical malpractice can become more of a danger than ever. UNDERSTANDING TELEHEALTH AND THE RISKS OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE I had a case involving teleradiology services provided to an internal medicine practice from hundreds of miles away. The level […]
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 […]
Link to the DOJ announcement below: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Opioid Manufacturer Insys Therapeutics Agrees to Enter $225 Million Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations
