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- Important Evidence to Collect for Your Malpractice Suit
Jan 3, 2014
If you suspect you’ve been a victim of Instead, leave most of the evidence-gathering to your lawyer. Before talking to a lawyer, there are only a few pieces of basic information you need to come armed with. What Was Your Initial Diagnosis and When Did You Get It? Your initial diagnosis is the one that you were first told described your condition. It’s important to know what your doctor identified and when because this...Read More - 5 Things You Need to Know About Medical Malpractice
Dec 27, 2013
Medical malpractice 1: Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Aren’t the Reason Medicine Is Expensive Medical malpractice often gets discussed as if it’s the reason why healthcare costs in this country are so high. In fact, medical malpractice payouts amount to less than 1% of total healthcare expenditures in this country. 2: Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Aren’t Out of Control Medical malpractice lawsuits have been in sharp decline in this country. In fact, Public Citizen found that they declined...Read More - Ethics and Medical Malpractice
Dec 11, 2013
When doctors fail to live up to the standard of care consistent with the best practices in the medical community, they may be held responsible for Ethics Violations That Can Be Considered Medical Malpractice In general, ethics violations are not considered grounds for medical malpractice. They are considered outside the scope of the law. Some ethics violations may dramatically affect a patient’s level of care. For example, improperly prescribing medication because a doctor is...Read More - Slip & Fall: What’s a Property Owner’s Duty to Make Property Safe?
Dec 5, 2013
“ If you slipped and fell on someone else’s property, do you have a right to file a Trespassers If you are an adult trespasser on property in New Jersey, the law says a property owner has no duty to you other than to make sure they are not deliberately setting up conditions that will lead to serious harm to you, such as by setting booby traps. Child Trespassers Because children have less judgment...Read More - What You Need to Know About the Medical System’s Emergency Treatment Law
Dec 3, 2013
While the Affordable Care Act should drastically reduce the number of uninsured Americans, people without access to proper medical care is still a real problem. Even with insurance, high co-pays drive gravely ill people away from getting help. Although it’s posted in every ER, many people don’t know that everyone in America has the right to emergency healthcare. Congress passed The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) in 1986, which requires hospitals to...Read More - Black Friday Injuries
Nov 29, 2013
Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year, and retailers are always looking for ways to make it bigger, offering new and better deals to entice more shoppers to come to their stores, often encouraging them to literally fight over a limited supply of merchandise offered at rock-bottom prices. Unfortunately, this shopping frenzy can put people at risk, and when shoppers are hurt in Causes of Black Friday Injuries The situations created...Read More - The Truth About Hospital “Patient Dumping”
Nov 28, 2013
Patient dumping can be extremely harmful when people are taken out of a hospital and either sent to a different one, or simply dropped off at homeless shelter. While laws have been passed and heavy fines have been levied in the past decade that have somewhat cut down on the problem, there are still patients who find themselves being ushered out of hospitals and into the unknown. Generally, there are two different types of patients...Read More - The Difference Between Being Classified as an Observation Patient or Inpatient
Nov 20, 2013
Patients receiving treatment from health care professionals at a hospital are generally classified under one of two categories, inpatient or observation patient. While the level of care an individual will receive is often the same, inpatient and observation patients are treated very differently when the time comes to pay the bill. Who is Considered an Inpatient? An inpatient is an individual who has been formally admitted to the hospital for care. These individuals are generally...Read More - Actual Examples of Hospitals Leaving Objects in Patients
Nov 11, 2013
Objects left behind in a patient after surgery, or “retained surgical items” as they are called in the medical industry, should not be an issue with the high standards and advanced technology available today. However, thousands of patients have objects left behind in their bodies every year, with the surgical sponge being the most common. Surgical Sponge A Kentucky nurse Another Surgical Sponge An Air Force Major underwent a cesarean section, an operation that...Read More - Patient Dumping and the Mentally Ill
Nov 8, 2013
Perhaps the worst outcome for the mentally ill is being cut off from support networks and placed in a position where they genuinely have nowhere to go. In some cities and states, the practice of “patient dumping” has become the answer for authorities struggling to manage burgeoning caseloads of social workers in mental health. A History of Patient Dumping The “patient dumping” phenomenon isn’t new. Reports of patients with serious illnesses and limited funds being...Read More