Medical Malpractice

• Napping Your Way To Good Health

  Bob Carroll | February 13, 2007 6:20 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Pardon me while I doze off for awhile.Regular Midday Snoozes Tied to a Healthier Heart Taking a nap after lunch may be good for your heart. This splendid news arrived in the form of a study published Monday in The Archives of Internal Medicine. In a study of more than 23,000 Greek men and women ages 20 to 86, researchers found that napping at least three times a week for a half-hour was...

• Undiagnosed Pneumonia In The ER

  Bob Carroll | February 08, 2007 6:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A failure to diagnose and treat pneumonia caused a softball-sized hole in a lung and the death of a Rhode Island woman.The ER doctor missed the signs of bacterial infection and sent the patient home without any treatment.Family awarded $21.5 million in malpractice casePROVIDENCE -- A jury on Tuesday awarded $21.5 million to the family of a Newport woman, concluding that the 34-year-old mother of...

• Dirty Hands In Hospitals Spread Infections

  Bob Carroll | February 07, 2007 10:00 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The hidden camera was used in Canada, but the dirty hands it recorded may explain why we have so many hospital infections in the United States. Camera captures lack of hygiene in hospitalsA hidden camera investigation by CBC News: Marketplace shows why many people get sicker in hospital.Up to 250,000 Canadians end up with an infection from a hospital stay every year, and the infections kill...

• Organ Transplant Programs Are Not Created Equal

  Bob Carroll | February 06, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Does it matter where you go for your organ transplant? You bet it does!CMS Notifies Four Transplant Programs Of Potential Funding LossCMS has notified four additional heart transplant programs that they might lose Medicare funding because they failed to meet minimum agency standards for the number of procedures performed annually, the Los Angeles Times reports (Weber/Ornstein, Los Angeles...

• Ask "Dr." Matt Noyes, Attorney at Law

  Bob Carroll | January 29, 2007 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Maybe he should have been Dr. Matt Noyes. Maybe he spends more time reading medical literature than legal decisions. Who knows why my law partner, Matt Noyes, always knows so much about the medical problems and medical care of his clients? All that really matters is he does have a very keen interest in the medical side of our practice, and he is now sharing it on his law blog.His latest...

• This DNR Case Would Not Be For Me

  Bob Carroll | January 29, 2007 7:15 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  There are some lawsuits I would not file. It would not always be a lack of legal support. Sometimes it would be my personal belief the lawsuit would not be in the best interests of the clients or society. When I read this article at Amednews.com I added one more case to my DNF (Do Not File) list. Lawsuit showcases DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) liability twist for doctorsMedical and legal experts...

• Once Upon A Time In Hospital Charts

  Bob Carroll | January 25, 2007 6:14 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  This week, probably for the 1,000th time, I struggled during my review of a complicated medical chart to determine exactly when certain events occurred in a hospital stay. When was my client taken off oxygen? When did the nurse escort him to the bathroom? The times mattered greatly because my client died of an undiagnosed pneumonia shortly after his discharge from the hospital.Although many...

• Colin Powell Wants To Make You Healthier

  Bob Carroll | January 25, 2007 4:52 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A brand new website, with a board of directors that includes Colin Powell, the former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Carly Fiorina, the former chairman and CEO of HP, wants to help people take control of their health so they can live their very best. I was not sure what was going on so I dropped in for a walk-through of the site. The driving force behind the...

• Being Famous Does Not Protect A Patient From Poor Medical Care

  Bob Carroll | January 25, 2007 2:29 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Even famous football coaches can be victimized by medical malpractice.Notre Dame Football Coach's Malpractice Suit Goes To TrialNotre Dame coach Charlie Weis' medical malpractice suit against two Boston doctors is scheduled to go to trial next month.Weis nearly died after undergoing gastric bypass surgery in June 2002, when he was the offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots. Weis had...

• Florida Nurse Administers What May Be The Largest Drug Overdose In The State

  Bob Carroll | January 24, 2007 10:15 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  How is it possible a nurse could administer 10 times the dose of a drug ordered by a doctor? Coral Springs mother died from massive overdose given by Broward General nurseThe Coral Springs mother went to the emergency room feeling sick after running out of medicine. But instead of just getting a refill, she died when a nurse gave her a massive overdose of a seizure drug, according to hospital...