Medical Malpractice

• MRSA Infection Lawsuits

  Bob Carroll | October 25, 2006 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  As hospital-acquired infections continue to kill patients in the U.S. it is the threat of lawsuits which may force steps to find and eradicate the organisms.The biggest push for search and destroy may come, sadly, from the threat of lawsuits. Several large ones have been settled with hospitals where patients died of infections.This is the way Slate reports the largely unchecked spread of...

• Medical Care In Italy May Kill You

  Bob Carroll | October 25, 2006 6:35 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  You probably should not be thinking of taking a medical vacation to Italy for that elective surgery. Row in Italy over medical malpractice deathROME: A row has broken out in Italy over controversial figures estimating that some 90 people a day die in the country's hospitals due to bad medical practices.Some newspapers described the figures as a "massacre", noting that the yearly number of about...

• "Frequent Flyers" Receive Free Preventive Medical Care

  Bob Carroll | October 25, 2006 5:22 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  There is one group of frequent flyers who are receiving free primary medical care. This is a win-win-win for uninsured patients, hospitals and taxpayers. To Lower Costs, Hospitals Try Free Basic Care for Uninsured AUSTIN, Tex. -- Unable to afford health insurance, Dee Dee Dodd had for years been mixing occasional doctor visits with clumsy efforts to self-manage her insulin-dependent diabetes,...

• Malpractice Victims Need To Be Heard By Florida's Board Of Medicine

  Bob Carroll | October 22, 2006 7:39 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The Florida State Board of Medicine needs to involve more of the patient/victims of botched medical care in its hearings. That is the gist of the article in the Palm Beach Post.Medical errors, medical malpractice, surgical mistakes...these all have real consequences to real people. And, the real people often have important input into the facts of the medical care as well as an understandable...

• Lab Error Costs Patient His Stomach

  Bob Carroll | October 21, 2006 3:04 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A tissue sample ended up on the wrong slide - a stomach was removed without cause. That is the tragic story of a pathology blunder in Ireland. Man's stomach 'unnecessarily removed'A 26-year-old man whose stomach was unnecessarily removed after he was wrongly diagnosed with cancer broke down as he told the High Court today of his shock after finding out that there had been a mistake in the...

• Failure To Run Test For Heart Attack Causes Death

  Bob Carroll | October 20, 2006 6:29 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  People who go to a hospital emergency room because of chest pain have a right to expect a careful and complete medical work-up to rule out a heart attack. Apparently, that was not provided to George Rowell.$4.3 million awarded in Port St. Lucie wrongful death caseA jury has awarded $4.3 million to the family of a Port St. Lucie man who died in 2003 after a doctor at St. Lucie Medical Center's...

• Go Fishing For Health And Happiness

  Bob Carroll | October 19, 2006 5:36 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  I am not sure which is better for us - eating fish or catching fish. In the last few months I have fished more often with my grandson who lives on the east coast of Florida. The quiet time we spend together hoping to land the big one and talking about life while dangling our lines in the water is precious. And, now I learn that eating our catch is especially good for our bodies. Landmark...

• Compliments From Complementary Medicine Law Blog

  Bob Carroll | October 19, 2006 5:33 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  When another legal blogger says nice things about your work and postings (instead of blasting away with high caliber criticism) it makes your day. I appreciate the kind words of Michael H. Cohen, Esq., of Complementary & Alternative Medicine Law Blog (CAMLaw):Medical Malpractice CanvassedMedical malpractice is ably canvassed in a Florida blog, referencing law beyond the state as well.Thanks to...

• Hospital Medication Errors Have More Than One Cause

  Bob Carroll | October 17, 2006 6:58 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  When a medication error occurs during a hospitalization it is likely there are multiple causes. It is also likely the hospital will not undertake the proper analysis of the error to correct the hospital processes involved. That is the gist of an article posted by Emily DeVoto, Ph.D., who is an independent health care consultant and epidemiologist. Emily is definitely independent based upon...

• Medical Error Data Not Being Used By Patients

  Bob Carroll | October 14, 2006 7:36 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Are we becoming better at judging the quality of medical care? Are we making better choices of medical providers? Unfortunately, we seem to know more but not apply what we know to decision-making.Americans Understand Medical Errors but Don't Use Quality Data for Decision Making, Says SurveyAlthough Americans have developed a better understanding of medical errors over the past two years, they...