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- Hospital bed alarms don’t succeed in preventing falls
Dec 12, 2012
One of the biggest concerns in Pennsylvania hospitals is how to keep patients from falling, and one of the most common ways hospitals attempt to protect patients is through bed alarms. However, a recent 18 month long university study revealed that those alarms do not decrease the instances of falls, and hospital negligence can arise when they are relied upon too heavily. Those who install alarms have the best intentions, of course. If a patient...Read More - Afternoon surgeries could be hazardous to your health
Dec 7, 2012
Duke University published an in depth study in 2006 in the Quality and Safety in Healthcare journal. The research found that surgeries begun between 3 and 4 PM displayed an alarmingly high rate of patient "nausea, vomiting and postoperative pain." The reasons for this troubling statistic are elusive, but could include the following factors, according to an assistant professor of surgery at the Oakland University/William Beaumont School of Medicine (Michigan). Surgical errors in Pennsylvania and...Read More - Vet’s suicide generates VA hospital lawsuit
Nov 28, 2012
Are doctors responsible, or negligent, for prescribing large quantities of medication for patients in need? A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court by a suicide victim’s twin sister will address this issue. While this is not a Pennsylvania case, the decision may affect future medical malpractice and hospital negligence legal actions. A Navy vet, the victim had tried to end her life three previous times in the past eight months by taking large quantities of...Read More - Doctor’s failure to monitor results in birth injury lawsuit
Nov 28, 2012
Today medical advances have made the birth of a baby a fairly regular medical procedure. Monitoring devices enable doctors and nurses to detect potential abnormalities as they occur and respond accordingly. When doctors fail to monitor these vital signs, however, birth injuries that threaten the lives of both mother and child may result. A mother recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor who delivered her baby as well as the hospital at which...Read More - Doctors also need sleep
Nov 26, 2012
Doctors are human. They feel stress, boredom, surprise and tiredness. A doctor specializing in sleep and sleep deprivation understands these demands and conditions well. These experts realize the public wants all medical professionals to be perfect. Part of this expectation infers that doctors should ignore tiredness. Unfortunately, Pennsylvania physicians, as human beings, risk making medical errors if they disregard the need for sleep. Some laypersons treat needing sleep as a physician physical and character weakness...Read More - Pennsylvania hospital discovers Oxycodone switch
Nov 21, 2012
Patients in hospitals put their trust in the institution and individuals providing their care. When this trust is abused problems can arise. While there are many things that need to be monitored while someone is receiving treatment in a hospital, certainly one of the most important is the medications that a person is taking. Taking too much of a medication, or the wrong one, could have serious consequences including illness, permanent disability and, in the...Read More - Medical mistakes happening every day in the U.S.
Nov 16, 2012
As an internist at Johns Hopkins Hospital so graphically states, "Mistakes are happening every day in every hospital in the country that we're just not catching." Most patients consistently trust that their medical professional in Pennsylvania and everywhere else is the best. Yet, even the best of the best can make mistakes. Medical malpractice and errors cause over 250,000 fatalities annually, while millions of people suffer injuries. Another Johns Hopkins Hospital physician calls medical errors...Read More - Does an affair equal medical malpractice?
Nov 14, 2012
The New York Court of Appeals is considering the case of a Long Island doctor who had a nine-month affair with a client. Arguing that the affair was consensual and separate from her treatment program, the doctor hopes the court overturns the $416,500 medical malpractice amount awarded the patient. Proving medical malpractice or hospital negligence seldom involves a consensual extramarital relationship in Pennsylvania. Not surprisingly, the doctor's attorney admits the osteopath's behavior was unethical, but,...Read More - Birth injury and medical malpractice lawsuit names 10 doctors
Nov 12, 2012
The birth of a child is undoubtedly one of the most amazing and memorable events in any mother's life. When obstetrician malpractice occurs, however, both mother and child can face life-altering permanent injuries. A California woman recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against 10 doctors who are employed at Children's Hospital of Orange County, a hospital run by Kaiser Permanente. In the lawsuit, the woman asserts the negligent acts of the doctors contributed to her...Read More - Tips to prevent common medical mistakes
Nov 8, 2012
Doctors and nurses are highly trained medical professionals who have patients' best interest in mind. Even doctors and nurses with years of experience, however, can make mistakes. In fact, an estimated 250,000 Americans die each year as a result of a medical error. Likely millions of additional patients suffer injuries or infections as a result of medical errors that go unreported. Due to the prevalence of medical errors and the resulting complications that can arise,...Read More