Medical Malpractice

• Nurse, Please Hand Me My Laser Sword

  Bob Carroll | February 23, 2007 7:58 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Earlier this week I happened to eat at Dave & Buster's in Jacksonville, Florida. For those who have never been to a Dave & Buster's I need to tell you that there were more video games there than tables.Anyway, I watched (as I ate my Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich) in amazement as all kinds of gamers destroyed armies of beasts, demons, aliens and criminals. Little did I know that I was watching...

• The Personal Injury Lawyer As Medical Resource

  Bob Carroll | February 15, 2007 5:53 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The latest fad may not be the best medical treatment. But, what is the correct medical path to take?Surgeons cautious on hip surfacing techniqueSAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A relatively new technique to repair hips got a cautious reception at an annual meeting of U.S. orthopedic surgeons on Wednesday, with many doctors skeptical that the technology is ready for widespread use.Surgeons cut away a tiny...

• So You Call Yourself A Hospital

  Bob Carroll | February 15, 2007 5:18 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  "The fundamental problem with physician-owned specialty hospitals is that decision-making is more likely driven by financial interests rather than what is best for patients" These are not my words even though I have expressed this same thought many times. They come from a U.S. Senator, Chuck Grassley, who happens to be a Republican.Lawmakers Question CMS On Medicare Reimbursements To Texas...

• 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...