Surgical Warming blankets have been used in operating rooms for quite some time in order to maintain a patient’s temperature during surgery. This is especially true after orthopedic surgery, including hip replacement, as the use of warming blankets decreased blood loss in patients undergoing the surgery and were thought to reduce the risk of surgical infection. …
When you undergo surgery or a medical procedure, you expect that the outcome will be a positive one. You expect to be treated in the best way possible and that the medical staff will do everything they can to insure you get the desired results. However, there are times when the outcome of a medical …
Patients that are harmed by the treatment of any medical professional that they are trusting for proper health care fall into the category of medical malpractice. The legal terms defining medical malpractice require proof that the professional was negligent or caused harm through incompetence. Keep in mind that not all circumstances involving a mistake can …
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that after heart disease and cancer, the third leading cause of death in America was caused by medical negligence. Despite those figures, medical malpractice cases can often be the most contentious type of negligence case victims may file – that is to say they are boldly …
Your child’s birth is a precious moment you will remember forever. It is every parent’s hope that the birth of their child is free of complications, but sadly for some parents and newborns, medical complications do arise. Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in the U.S. will sustain a birth injury. Over 30,000 birth …
May 31, 2012 The Hill (5/30, Baker) reports in its “Healthwatch” blog on a poll conducted for Common Good finding that “75 percent of those polled believe malpractice suits are contributing to the high cost of insurance and medical care” and that “large majorities…believe medical malpractice lawsuits are driving away good doctors.” The survey also …
May 15, 2012 Medscape (5/15) reports, “Results of a new study of medical malpractice claims offer a mix of reassurance and sobering reality.” The study found that “55.2% of medical malpractice claims that required some defense cost led to litigation,” though “most are ultimately decided in the physician’s favor.” Yet it also found that “litigated …
May 11, 2012 Philadelphia Magazine‘s “Be Well Philly” blog (5/8, Hingston) reported two significant rules changes made a decade ago by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have reduced medical malpractice lawsuits in the state by 44.1 percent from their levels in 2000-2002, and “a whopping 65 percent” in Philadelphia, where medical malpractice suits “fell from 1,365 …
May 2, 2012 Aunt Minnie (5/2, Yee) reports, “The number of medical malpractice suits filed in the US each year is actually declining, but those that are filed are more severe, said presenters Dr. Richard Daffner and Dr. Leonard Berlin.” As the story explains, “To minimize risk, radiologists must remain vigilant about communicating urgent results …
Hospitals across the country are using near-total discretion in the way they disclose infections that occur as a result of surgeries, cause over 8,000 deaths annually in the US, and cost an additional $10 billion per year to the healthcare system, a new study underscoring the need for public reporting standards has found.
