New Warning About Hospitals and Preventable Blood Clots
One out of three U.S. hospital patients is at risk for dangerous blood clots, but far fewer actually receive treatments to prevent the potentially life-threatening condition, according to a study released this week.
“Blood clots are the most common preventable cause of death in hospital patients. It is [...]
Louisiana attorney general investigating patient murders at Memorial Medical Center during Huricane Katrina
Three days after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, staff members at the city’s Memorial Medical Center had repeated discussions about euthanizing patients they thought might not survive the ordeal, according to a doctor and nurse manager who were in the hospital at the [...]
Doctor under fire
President of medical society has been accused of malpractice more than any other local physician since 2004.
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA – Of 50 medical malpractice lawsuits filed here during 2004 and the first six months of 2005, six named orthopedist Anthony J. Mauriello Jr., president of the Lancaster City and County Medical Society.
No other [...]
Neck fusion surgery is becoming more common in the United States as insurance companies tend to reimburse surgeons at a higher rate for it compared with other neck surgeries.
However, neck fusion surgery has not been shown to be safer or more advantageous then non-fusion type neck surgery.
Complications such as death, infection, disability, and [...]
Vioxx, Celebrex Were Overprescribed, Study Says
How Many Were Injured and How Many Billions Wasted by Over-prescription?
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The two popular painkillers Vioxx and Celebrex, heavily marketed as “super-aspirin,” were prescribed for millions of patients who did not need them or should not have taken them, researchers said on Friday.
Merck & Co. Inc’s Vioxx [...]
In Office Surgery: 12 Times More Complications and Injury Reported
Anterior Cervical Surgery Malpractice
A recent study illustrates the hazards of anterior cervical sugery. One of the complications from poor surgical skill is injury to the esophagus and hypopharanx.
Management of the cervical esophagus and hypopharynx perforations complicating anterior cervical spine surgery.
STUDY DESIGN Five cases of esophageal or pharyngeal perforation diagnosed during or after anterior cervical spine [...]
Malpractice Crisis in W. VA
Surgeons at four hospitals began a strike Wednesday to protest malpractice insurance costs, and most operations in northern West Virginia were canceled or were being moved. In Pennsylvania, a similar walkout was averted.
Reports indicate 24 surgeons will begin 30-day leaves of absence at Wheeling Hospital, Ohio Valley Medical Center, Weirton Medical [...]
FBI : 2 Medical Doctors Needlessly Operated on Hundreds
Two doctors working at a Tenet Healthcare hospital in Northern California performed a raft of unnecessary heart procedures on Medicare patients since late 1998, including 167 who later died, according to an FBI affidavit made available on Thursday.
The affidavit did not say if the deaths were the [...]
103,000 DIED IN 2000, NEWSPAPER INQUIRY FINDS CHICAGO (AP) – About 103,000 deaths were linked to hospital infections in 2000 — a figure 14 percent higher than government estimates — and nearly 75 percent of the deaths were preventable, the Chicago Tribune reported. The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year calculated 90,000 [...]
Malpractice Rates Causing MD’s to Retire or Move!
With large jury verdicts driving up malpractice premiums, the American Medical Association said Monday it is stepping up lobbying and mounting an ad campaign on behalf of tort reform. “Many practitioners … just can’t afford the liability premiums, forcing them to retire early, limit their practice or relocate,” [...]
