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Medication Look-alikes Cause Problems in Patient

Posted on May 31, 2010
MSNBC is reporting the story of medication error. This story involves a 62-year-old woman who was supposed to receive one kind of pain medication but instead was given an epilepsy drug. This drug was also administered to her in a dose that was far higher than any doctor would ever recommend...

Language Barriers Create Medical Errors

Posted on May 27, 2010
The Huffington Post is reporting that a Spanish-speaking patient had the wrong kidney removed during surgery after a clear communication error. This showcases that the medical community has an obvious problem when it comes to communication. There is a need for interpreters not only for major surgery, but all medical communication...

Medical Malpractice Suit Claims that Spinal Cord Condition Not Treated in Timely Fashion

Posted on May 24, 2010
The Madison St. Clair Record is reporting that a woman sustained severe and debilitating injuries after a doctor did not attend to her spinal condition in a timely fashion. The medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in Madison County Circuit Court in Illinois...

Patient Safety Movie Released

Posted on May 23, 2010
The Wall Street Journal is reporting about the release of ?Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm? at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care. The movie stars actor Dennis Quaid, whose twin children were victims of medical malpractice...

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Illinois Veteran?s Hospital Aims to Lessen Medical Malpractice

Posted on May 20, 2010
The Commercial News is reporting that Illiana Healthcare, a Danville, Illinois Veterans Affairs healthcare system, has changed its level of impatient surgeries it will offer in order to reduce the risk of medical errors and to protect patient safety. Instead of performing intermediate procedures, such as colon resections or joint replacements, the hospital will only perform standard procedures, such as foot surgery or ear, nose and throat surgery...

Jury Awards Victim $3.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

Posted on May 17, 2010
The Sun is reporting a large medical malpractice verdict involving a woman who laywers say is now a paraplegic. A 53-year-old victim won a $3.5 million medical malpractice verdict against the two surgeons and their business. The woman had undergone surgery for blocked arteries three years ago and had disastrous results...

Disciplining Doctors Over Medical Error is Not Occurring Enough

Posted on May 14, 2010
A new report is showing that state medical boards are not living up to their obligations to protect patients from those doctors who are practicing substandard medicine. Although the rate in which states took disciplinary action against doctors rose slightly in 2009, this is still 18 percent lower than the highest rate which occurred 5 years ago...

Translated Prescriptions Cause Medical Error

Posted on May 13, 2010
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that half of all automated Spanish versions of prescriptions have errors. They base this on a study that found that pharmacies that print prescription labels that translate into Spanish oftentimes have inaccurate or confusing instructions...

Case Law Update: Damages in Medical Malpractice

Posted on May 13, 2010
Thornton v. Garcini, No. 107028 (4-22-10) affirmed a case stating that expert testimony is not required to prove negligent infliction of emotional distress. Based on personal experience alone, jury could reasonably find that circumstances caused emotional distress, when plaintiff's deceased infant remained partially delivered for one hour ten minutes while plaintiff waited for defendant physician to arrive at hospital...

Case Law Update: Motions in Limine in Medical Malpractice

Posted on May 11, 2010
Pavnica v. Veguilla (No. 3-09-0065) is a third district case which affirmed that a medical malpractice action filed against two ER physicians, claiming negligence in their choice of certain antibiotic to treat toe infection of diabetic patient; verdict for Defendants...

Case Law Update: Expert Evidence in Medical Malpractice

Posted on May 11, 2010
Hardy v. Codero, No. 3-09-0109 (4-8-10) affirmed a medical malpractice case against oncology nurse, as to administration of IV chemotherapy, proceeded to jury trial 10 months after filing, with verdict for Defendant. Defendant nurse's testimony refuted Plaintiff's expert's assertion as to breach of standard of care, thus question of fact to be resolved by jury, rather than directed verdict or judgment n...

Report Questions Whether the Employment of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners Increase Liability

Posted on May 10, 2010
The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants is reporting that a report has been gathered to assess whether physician assistant and nurse practitioner utilization increases liability. This study comprises of 17 years of data that was used to compare and contrast malpractice incidence, payment amount and other measurers of liability among doctors, Pas and advance practice nurses...

Ex-Dolphin football Star Wins $11.5 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on May 09, 2010
The New York Times is reporting that a jury has awarded former Dolphins player O.J. McDuffie a $11.5 million medical malpractice verdict. This medical error was committed by a prominent physician and ended the football player?s career. The medical malpractice trial lasted for 2...

Family Awarded $18 Million in Cerebral Palsy Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on May 07, 2010
NJ.com is reporting that a family has been awarded an 18.5 million medical malpractice verdict against a hospital and an obstetrician. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that he doctors were not quick enough to perform an emergency C-Section on the boy in 1998...

Electronic Medical Orders May Save Lives

Posted on May 04, 2010
The Washington Post is reporting that a California children?s hospital has found evidence that their electronic communication system may save lives. The hospital introduced the system in 2007 and since has seen a 20-percent drop in the mortality rate of their patients...

Case Law Update: Medical Malpractice Damages

Posted on May 04, 2010
Happel v. Walmart Stores, Inc., No. 07-2264 (4-19-10) found that the plaintiffs were entitled to new trial on damages in action alleging negligence and loss of society under circumstances where defendant-pharmacy knowingly filled prescription of medication to which it knew that plaintiff-wife was allergic since Dist...

Electronic Medical Orders May Reduce Medical Malpractice

Posted on May 04, 2010
The Washington Post is reporting that a California children?s hospital has found evidence that their electronic communication system may decrease the number of patient fatalities. The hospital introduced the system in 2007 and since has seen a 20-percent drop in the mortality rate of their patients...

Chicago Doctor Continues to Practice after Being Accused of Rape

Posted on May 01, 2010
A 19 year old went to Chicago?s Kennedy Medical Service Corporation for what she believed was a routine pelvic disease diagnosis. However, according to her recent medical malpractice lawsuit, she was raped by her physician while her legs were in stirrups...

Medication Errors More likely when Nurse Interrupted

Posted on April 30, 2010
Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting that a new study shows that when you interrupt a nurse while they are tending to the patients? medication, you increase the changes of medical error. As the number of nurse distractions increase, the number of medical errors tend to increase as well...

Medication Errors More Likely When Nurses Are Interrupted

Father Files Lawsuit Claiming he Never Gave Consent for Son?s Surgery

Posted on April 28, 2010
A father has filed a $19 million medical malpractice lawsuit against a hospital and two doctors, claiming that he never consented to his son?s surgery. This surgery ended with his sixth month old son having permanent brain damage. Originally, the father was told that it was a minor small surgery shortly after his son was transferred to a new hospital...

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed after Doctor Unnecessarily Removes Man?s Kidney

Posted on April 26, 2010
A man and his wife have claimed that an urologist has unnecessarily removed the man?s kidney. The two filed a lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court against the doctor and the Urology Consultants. The doctor had negligently performed a radical nephrectomy on the victim...

Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed after Doctor Unnecessarily Removes Man?s Kidney

Posted on April 26, 2010
The Madison County Record reports that a man and his wife have claimed that a urologist removed the man?s kidney unnecessarily during surgery. The two filed the lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court against an Illinois doctor and the Urology Consultants...

Medical Error is One of the Leading Causes of Death

Posted on April 24, 2010
Did you know that preventable medical errors are the sixth leading cause of death in the United States? The Institute of Medicine has discovered that as many as 98,000 people die every year in the United States from medical negligence. Medical error claims more lives than diabetes and influenza...

Victim Getting Back on Track After Losing Legs Due to Medical Error

Posted on April 19, 2010
An Arlington soldier is dealing with the repercussions of a medical error in difficult way. The 21 year old airman lost his legs after a botched gallbladder surgery at a military hospital, according to the Star-Telegram. The victim had agreed to have laparoscopic gallbladder surgery after enduring stomach problems...

$9.5 Million Settlement Reached in Cerebral Palsy Case

Posted on April 17, 2010
A medical malpractice victim has settled with an Illinois hospital, a nurse midwife and the nurse?s employer for a $9.5 million medical malpractice lawsuit. The victims had alleged that the hospital was a fault for causing their son?s cerebral palsy...

Victim Awarded $1.5 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on April 15, 2010
A medical malpractice victim was awarded a $1.5 million settlement for the pain and suffering he incurred at the hands of hospital employees. This man was originally suffering from diabetes and chronic pancreatic pain when he sought the aide of hospital employees...

Illinois? Hospital Death Rates Published

Posted on April 13, 2010
The Chicago Tribune is publishing that patients are in fact dying in hospitals with great reputations more than those with poor ones. Immediately, medical centers around the state are challenging the information by stating that it did not accurately reflect the different patients that each hospital treats...

St. Elizabeth?s Hospital in Belleville, Illinois Subject of Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on April 12, 2010
The husband of a medical malpractice victim has filed a lawsuit against St. Elizabeth?s Hospital in Belleville, Illinois. The lawsuit claims that the victim was initially admitted to the hospital with a soft tissue infection in the fatty tissues of the upper leg...

Case Law Update: Statute of Limitations in Medical Malpractice

Posted on April 10, 2010
Wilson v. Humana Hospital, No. 1-07-3454 (3-19-10) affirmed a medical malpractice case filed by a mother on behalf of her son based on alleged birth injuries, in failing to timely perform and report lab studies after mother's water broke several weeks prior to due date, and baby born two days later with significant and continuing respiratory problems...

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