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Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog

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By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

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Last Entry: June 10, 2020 at 09:37:56

$19.5 Billion Worth of Medical Mistakes Each Year

Posted on August 11, 2010
The Wall Street Journal Blog recently posted on the staggering cost of medical errors each year in hospitals across the country. The Society of Actuaries commissioned the study into the cost of these errors on the U.S. economy, using an admitted conservative estimate of 1...

Hospitals Should Do More to Prevent Infections

Posted on August 10, 2010
A Las Vegas Sun editorial last week blasted the inadequate measures taken by most hospitals to prevent the spreading of hopsital borne infections. As the paper explains, while these infection rates--which are almost always preventable--should be dropping as hospital administrators become more aware of the problem, the rates are actually increasing...

Girl Suffocated To Death At Hospital

Posted on August 09, 2010
St. Louis Today recently discussed the tragic suffocation death of a sixteen year old girl at the SSM DePaul Health Center. As the newspaper uncovered, the death was only one of a string of error-riddled incidents at the hospital over the last several years...

New Medical Malpractice Case Involving Improper Device

Posted on August 08, 2010
The West Virginia Record published a story at the end of this week regarding another medical malpractice case. Diana Boerke sought medical care at the St. Mary's Medical Center to treat a pelvic prolapse. The painful problem occurs with the weakening of the pelvic muscles that allows the pelvic organs to slip out of place...

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Lab Mistakes Lead to False Cancer Diagnosis

Posted on August 07, 2010
Many people are aware of the deadly consequences of doctors who fail to diagnose a medical problem or wait too long before giving an official diagnosis. A similar medical mistake that is less discussed but with just as harmful consequences is when doctors tell a patient that they have a deadly condition only to later discover that the patient was healthy all along...

Doctor Failure to Wash Hands Kills 100,000 Patients a Year

Posted on August 06, 2010
A new op-ed in the Lexington Herald-Leader discusses the vast consequences for patients of even simple mistakes by medical providers. Hand washing is known by all to be an important step in providing a clean, sterile environment at all hospitals in the country...

Inadequate Supervision Leads to Medical Errors

Posted on August 05, 2010
The Dallas Morning News reported on a problem in many hospitals that pose a real danger to many patients: lax supervision of new doctors. Many hospitals are considered ?teaching hospitals? where residents (doctors-in-training) treat patients under the care of experienced doctors before going out to practice on their own...

Radiation Overdose Is Common Medical Mistake

Posted on August 04, 2010
The New York Times recently profiled a growing problem of medical error, radiation overdoses. Radiation treatments are often used at hospitals to test for strokes in a procedure known as a CT brain profusion scan. Radiation always contains some risks, but doctors are supposed to protect against exposing patients to harmful levels of radiation that are unnecessary...

Nurses Admit that Hospitals Errors Are Frequent

Posted on August 03, 2010
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune recently published an article that discusses a shocking new survey of acute care nurses. The survey was published as part of ?Pulse Report 2010 ? Employee and Nurse Perspective on American Health Care.? The results of the report reveal that even nurses believe that problems and medical errors are prevalent at the hospitals where they work...

Patient Awarded $1.9 million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on August 02, 2010
A Virginia woman will be awarded nearly $2 million following a jury verdict which found her gynecologist guilty of medical malpractice reports the Winchester Star. Thirty nine year old Shannon Taylor had a hysterectomy performed at the Winchester Medical Center operation room by Dr...

Twist In Fraudulent Cosmetic Surgery Case

Posted on August 01, 2010
CBS2 News is reporting on the latest developments in a medical malpractice situation out of California. Last month we reported on this blog about the charges filed against two sisters, Guadalupe and Alejandro Viveros for operating an unlicensed cosmetic clinic...

Family Awarded $56 Million Medical Malpractice Award

Posted on July 31, 2010
The Chappaqua-MountKisco Dispatch recently wrote about the latest development in an eye-popping medical malpractice case resulting in a record setting verdict last year. The Swanson family was awarded $56 million from a medical malpractice jury verdict late last year...

Doctor Operates on Wrong Finger During Surgery

Posted on July 30, 2010
A state medical board reprimanded a doctor last week for medical error following a revelation that he operated on the incorrect body part of a patient during an operation at the Rhode Island Hospital. The Providence Journal reported that the patient had degenerative joint disease in both hands...

Female Patients Susceptible to Failure to Diagnose Heart Problems

Posted on July 29, 2010
KTBS.com recently reported on the prevalence and consequences of medical error involving misdiagnosis of cardiac problems in female patients. As the report indicated, a misdiagnosis can occur in several forms: diagnosing the patient with the wrong condition, failing to diagnose anything at all (missed diagnosis), or delaying diagnosis and allowing complications to develop...

Trial Begins In Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on July 28, 2010
The Aspen Daily News is reporting on a medical malpractice case that is underway involving a well-known local surgeon. The defendant, one of only two general surgeons in the area, Dr. William Rodman, is charged with providing negligent medical care to Dan Bopeley in 2006...

ITLA President Explains Need for Legal Rights for Injured Patients

Posted on July 27, 2010
On July 24th the Chicago Tribune published a letter from Illinois Trial Lawyers Association President Todd A. Smith that forcefully repudiated a July 9th editorial in the newspaper. The newspaper editorial had criticized an Illinois Supreme Court decision that struck down a law capping damages to medical malpractice victims...

Jury Finds Surgeon Negligent in Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on July 26, 2010
A Rhode Island jury recently awarded slightly less than $1 million to a woman plagued by the consequences of negligent medical treatment. The Providence Journal reported on the decision reached last week which returned a medical malpractice verdict against podiatric surgeon James McCormick...

Doctor Sued for Using Improper Medical Device

Posted on July 25, 2010
The Pioneer Press recently reported on a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a nationally-renown doctor who was himself the victim of a medical mistake following treatment to correct a bleeding bladder. Dr. Noel Mills, a cardiovascular surgeon and medical teacher, was treated by Dr...

Jury Finds Doctor Guilty of Medical Malpractice During Childbirth

Posted on July 24, 2010
A child who suffered brain damage due to negligent medical care during the delivery was awarded $510,000 by a jury this week. Staten Island Live reported on the jury verdict which found Staten Island hospital and the obstetrician Paul Heltzer guilty of medical malpractice...

Patient Safety Day to Raise Awareness of Medical Error

Posted on July 23, 2010
This Sunday July 25th marks ?Patient Safety Day? which seeks to remind all those who receive medical treatment to remain vigilant about the care they are provided and active to ensure that they do not fall victim to negligent medical error. Unknown to many, medical errors and the costs to correct those errors have tripled in recent years...

Illinois Doctor's Failure to Diagnose Leads to Skin Cancer Death

Posted on July 22, 2010
A trial began this week in southern Illinois involving a long-lasting medical malpractice lawsuit stemming from a doctor?s failure to diagnose skin cancer. The Madison-St. Clair Record is reporting on the trial which was originally filed in 2003 by Maria Storm and her husband against Dr...

Examining Doctor Notes May Prevent Medical Error

Posted on July 21, 2010
The Washington Post reported on a new study is about to begin which will test the value of patient review of doctor notes. The new project will give a limited number of patients electronic copies of their medical chart and the handwritten notes made by their doctor following each visit...

Many Doctors Misdiagnose and Mistreat Breast Cancer

Posted on July 20, 2010
The New York Times recently profiled a Michigan woman who endured a partial breast removal, weeks of radiation treatment, continuous drug therapy, and the intense psychological strain of a cancer diagnosis only to discover that she never actually had cancer at all...

Infighting Among Medical Professionals Harms Patients

Posted on July 19, 2010
A new report examined by Fox Philadelphia has found an alarmingly high rate of disruptive behavior among doctors and nurses at local hospitals. These examples of unprofessional behavior have placed dozens of patients at unnecessary risk. According to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, fighting between doctors and nurses has even occurred during surgery...

Obstetrician Charged with Medical Malpractice in Baby?s Death

Posted on July 18, 2010
A Connecticut doctor whose practice recently closed was sanctioned by state officials and sued for medical malpractice for his handling of a 2008 delivery that resulted in the death of the infant, reports the Norwich Bulletin. H. John Bodin was investigated by the Department of Public Health after it was reported he failed to properly monitor the patient in labor, ignoring nurse pleas that the labor was not going as expected...

Bad Nurses Allowed to Keep Working

Posted on July 17, 2010
The USA Today recently reported on a loophole in the regulatory system of many states that allows nurses convicted of a variety of negligent, abusive, and illegal behavior to continue working long after their conduct is discovered. The loophole is created by the compact that currently exists between 24 states throughout the country...

Fertility Doctor Charged with Medical Malpractice

Posted on July 16, 2010
Justice News Flash reported last night on a high profile example of medical malpractice. Dr. Michael Kamrava was the California fertility doctor who performed the artificial insemination on Nadya Suleman which resulted Ms. Kuleman giving birth to eight children...

Most Doctors Fail to Report Negligent Colleagues

Posted on July 15, 2010
A new study by the Journal of the American Medical Association and analyzed at MedScape Today reveals that doctors usually fail to report their concerns about incompetent and impaired doctors to appropriate officials. Most doctors admit that they have a duty to report any time they witness a doctor who for any reason is unable to provide the reasonable level of medical care that a patient deserves...

Lawsuit Filed Against Dentist for Medical Malpractice

Posted on July 14, 2010
A West Virginia woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against her dentist for the substandard and harmful care he provided two years ago. The West Virginia Record reported yesterday on the suit that Linda Johnson filed against the Charleston Dental Association...

Medical Ignorance and Neglect Cause Thousands of Hospital Infection Deaths

Posted on July 13, 2010
The Washington Post reported today on survey results that indicate thousands of lives could be saved each year if medical professionals paid closer attention to deadly hospital infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that each year approximately 80,000 patients develop catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs)...

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