Medical Malpractice

• Unretrieved Surgical Medical Device Notice from FDA

  Sandy Grinnell | January 25, 2008 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  This week the FDA issued a Public Health Notification to the healthcare community which to a lay person would seem to be pretty obvious. The Notice begins: Dear Healthcare Practitioner:This is to advise you of serious adverse events associated with unretrieved device fragments (UDFs) and provide recommendations to mitigate these events. A UDF is a fragment of a medical device that has separated...

• Addicted Doctors Practicing Medicine

  Ed Normand | December 19, 2007 12:29 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  California has closed its confidential program that allowed physicians to continue to practice medicine while undergoing treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. There have been many cases of medical malpractice, even those involving injury and death, committed by physicians in treatment programs administered by state medical boards. Many physicians successfully recover while under such programs...

• FDA Warns of Burns from Dental Equipment

  Diego Madrigal | December 17, 2007 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The FDA has issued a warning stemming from improperly maintained electrical dental equipment. The poorly maintained equipment can result in third degree burns. In fact, some of the patients even needed to undergo plastic surgery as a result. One of the main reason for the alert directed at dental professionals was that the burns may become apparent only after tissue damage has occurred...

• Hepatitis Infection Risk Kept From Patients

  Ed Normand | December 04, 2007 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The reuse of syringes by a physician was kept from the public and the potentially infected patients even when known by the authorities. The state health departments and even officials from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were aware of the risk of infection but delayed reporting the problem. Incredibly the number of patients potentially infected may run in the thousands. ...

• Hepatitis Infection Risk Kept From Patients(2)

  Ed Normand | December 04, 2007 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The reuse of syringes by a physician was kept from the public and the potentially infected patients even when known by the authorities. The state health departments and even officials from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were aware of the risk of infection but delayed reporting the problem. Incredibly the number of patients potentially infected may run in the thousands. ...

• Doctors Keep Medical Negligence Secret

  Ed Normand | December 04, 2007 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In yet another study of the medical malpractice problem in the United States a recent study revealed that almost half of physicians in the United States admitted they knew of a serious medical error that had been made but did not tell authorities about it. The report stated that most of the physicians knew that they should report the problem but did not. Imagine if half all pilots refused to...

• What Goes Around Comes Around

  Ed Normand | November 06, 2007 1:10 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In recent years we have heard certain lawmakers rail against evil trial lawyers and advocate for bans or strict caps on medical malpractice cases. Now, one of the leading lawmakers for "tort reform" has, so to speak, gotten a taste of his own medicine. According to an article in the Jacksonville Times-Union: It has been a staple of Stephen Wise's political career. As a state representative and...

• Medication Errors Cost Lives

  Patricia Doherty | October 27, 2007 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Thousands of Americans lose their lives each year because of medication errors. Some hospitals are trying to prevent medical neglect in the administration of medications through electronic verification systems. With this system a patient wears a bar-coded armband. The nurse scans the patient's armband before giving a medication and pulls up the patient's records to verify the medications. The...

• US Supreme Court will Decide Pharmaceutical Co.'s Lawsuit Protection

  Patricia Doherty | October 02, 2007 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The US Supreme Court announced it will decide a case regarding whether federal regulation of pharmaceutical companies preempts state law. The case the Court will decide arises from a products liaiblity lawsuit against Pfizer's Warner-Lamber unit involving its Rezulin diabetes drug. The FDA ordered Rezzulin off the market in March 2000 because it was linked to hundreds of deaths and cases of...

• Medical Malpractice Is Rampant

  Ed Normand | September 28, 2007 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  It is frightening to examine the number of injuries and death from medical malpractice. The Institute of Medicine, a highly respected source of medical science information, determined that preventable medical malpractice and negligence is the number eight highest cause of death in the U.S.. According to the study, medical malpractice is a factor in over 98,000 deaths each year in the...