Happy Day to Coltrane and F. Scott Fitzgerald (tomorrow)!
“There are no second acts in American lives.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Patient-Care Satisfaction Centered Modeling? Really?
When I represented hospitals, my boss used to stress bedside manner as the most effective risk management. It’s been forty years and the industry is still trying to figure out a way to make that stick. Healthcare is fully embracing the concept of consumerism, and with that comes the need for consumer and patient satisfaction—and […]
QB Sues NFL Team For Pre-Game Pain Injection That Collapsed His Lung
When this happened, I started calculating the missed game checks in my head. Now, the case is set for trial. Here’s the link: Tyrod Taylor sues Chargers team doctor for medical malpractice stemming from punctured lung suffered in 2020
It’s Banned Book Week and Mike Royko’s Birthday!! Savor the irony.
Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn’t the faintest idea what the heck is really going on. Mike Royko On a related note, George Orwell’s 1984 is the most banned book in history. I love that To Kill A Mockingbird is high on […]
I’ll Say It Again, Trial Lawyers: Don’t Scream At The Judge.
Trial lawyers don’t win every argument in front of every judge. And, yes. Some of those losses come on significant issues and important cases. But here’s the thing: there are prescribed ways to deal with those disagreements. You can respectfully present that option to the judge and let him or her know that there are […]
The Industry Surveys Nursing Malpractice Claims
And the results are not surprising. Misdiagnosis, prescribing errors, and wrongful death make up most of the claims. When I worked in defense of hospitals, nurses were the hardest witnesses to prepare. They are left alone too long and forced to do things they wouldn’t normally if they’d been under the direct supervision of a […]
Today’s Quote
In school, they kept telling me that simplicity demands less adornment rather than more. Words are the clothing of our thoughts. Jonathan Swift
Don’t Get Sick
Staffing shortages are everywhere but largely not considered in individual cases when reviewing medical records. This is because the names of nurses and techs may appear throughout a medical record but without seeing the rest of the shift and treatment records of other patients, it is difficult to put the names into context. This is […]
Young Thug’s song lyrics are being used as evidence in his gang indictment
Not everyone supports allowing prosecutors to use lyrics as evidence. In “Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America” by Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis, rapper Killer Mike argues that rap as an art form is a safe space where raw emotions can and should be expressed. “Left unchecked, it has the potential to silence […]
