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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

Lasik May Be More Dangerous as Many Victims Go Unreported: Patients Need to Speak Out

Posted on May 01, 2008
A recent article calls into question whether Lasik eye surgery is as safe and successful as previously thought. According to some data sources, as many as 5% of all Lasik patients suffer adverse events or are displeased with their surgery. However, according to the FDA, only a handful of adverse events or complaints about Lasik have been reported...

Study Shows Racial Disparity in Health Care in Chicago; More Amputations

Posted on May 01, 2008
A study in the May issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery shows that the rate of limb amputation is higher in Chicago?s black communities than in suburban white communities. The data showed that blacks in Chicago are five times more likely to have a limb amputated than suburban whites...

Group Hopes to Curb Drug Company Influence on Doctors and Med School Students

Posted on April 30, 2008
As many medical schools don?t have conflict of interest policies that are as strong as hospitals?, drug companies often market directly to young doctors and students to gain an advantage. Many drug companies spend billions in marketing to doctors and students which is more than they spend on research or marketing...

Patients and Victims of Medical Malpractice See Huge Delays in Medical Records Processing

Posted on April 30, 2008
One of the greatest organizational problems facing hospitals today is the battle over medical records. Many patients find that it can take months or years to get a hold of their own medical records after treatment. Even worse, some families of victims of medical malpractice or wrongful death have waited for years to obtain their loved one?s medical records from hospitals...

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The Double Lesson of the Heparin Case; More Deaths Reported

Posted on April 29, 2008
The case of Heparin contaminated with unknown toxins and imported from China continues to claim lives. To date, more than 81 deaths are linked to contaminated Heparin in the US and more may be discovered soon. The FDA says that the deaths from contaminated Heparin are a direct result of an allergic reaction to the toxin in some patients...

Federal Government Steps in to Curb Hospital Infections

Posted on April 21, 2008
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress?s investigative arm, has urged the Department of Health and Human Services to set standards for how hospitals should deal with hospital infections. Hospital infections usually strike after a patient is discharged from a hospital and are an often forgotten source of medical malpractice and medical malpractice lawsuits...

Medicare May Stop Funding More Hospital Mistakes and Preventable Errors

Posted on April 21, 2008
The Medicare program may soon stop paying for more medical care that comes as a result of hospital error. In an effort to encourage hospitals to improve their patient care and avoid medical malpractice lawsuits, hospital infections, and hospital patient injury, Medicare announced last year that it would stop funding certain procedures and treatments...

Cancerous Lung Lawsuit for Medical Malpractice May Go to Trial

Posted on April 19, 2008
A lawsuit surrounding the wrongful death of a patient after he received cancerous lung transplants may go to trial. Though many medical malpractice lawsuitssettle, parties in this suit may seek justice in court. The medical malpractice lawsuit surrounds a lung transplant operation that led to the patient?s death: the doctors transplanted cancerous lungs...

Seniors Will Soon Drive the US Healthcare Market; Doctors in Short Supply

Posted on April 18, 2008
By 2030, one of every five Americans will be over the age of 65 and nearly half of all medical care spending will go to seniors. However, the US health care market is not positioned to meet the needs of this ever expanding group. The consequences of an understaffed and under-trained geriatric health care workforce could mean a sharp increase in the number of medical malpractice lawsuits and medical injury lawsuits in the future...

Navy Veteran Wins Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Veterans? Affairs Hospital for Malpractice

Posted on April 17, 2008
A US Navy veteran has won his medical malpractice lawsuit against a Veterans? Affairs hospital doctor after a series of failed operations left him permanently disabled, receiving a verdict of $622,739. The man, who retired from Chicago-based Smurfit-Stone Container Corp in 2001, brought his medical malpractice lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act...

Medical Malpractice Suits Decline in Some States Challenging Need for Tort Reform

Posted on April 16, 2008
In some states, the number of medical malpractice lawsuits is on the decline by about 5% due to new policies regarding filing medical malpractice lawsuits. Though not required in Illinois, some states mandate independent medical review of a malpractice claim before the plaintiff can file...

Insurance Companies Lower Rates As Information Goes Public on Medical Malpractice

Posted on April 16, 2008
Illinois doctors stand to receive a refund from their insurance companies in the near future. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reported that insurance companies have lowered their premiums and are processing refunds to doctors for medical malpractice insurance...

New Illinois tool for selecting medical providers

Posted on April 15, 2008
The Governor of Illinois recently announced a new tool to help health care consumers make informed decisions about choosing providers. According to Governor Blagojevich, ?It is not enough to make sure every Illinois family has access to health care. We need to make sure they have enough information to make informed decisions about the doctors who treat them...

Family members of teen who died after breast surgery speak out

Posted on April 14, 2008
No one knew that the 18 year-old had a rare, genetic condition that cause a fatal reaction to the anesthesia when she decided to have plastic surgery and chose a surgeon to correct a congenital defect that left her with asymmetrical breasts and inverted nipples...

Surgeons leave 15 inch medical clamps inside patient?s stomach

Posted on April 13, 2008
Following a routine procedure to clear a blocked intestine, a German man later discovered operating room medics committed medical malpractice and left a 15 inch pair of medical clamps inside him. He is now pursuing a 100,000 Pound claim for damages in a medical malpractice lawsuit...

Doctor-addicts continue to treat patients

Posted on April 12, 2008
CNN recently highlighted the danger that addicted doctors are still treating patients. One patient says she had to forgo cancer treatment because of a botched surgery by a doctor who was in treatment for alcoholism and had been convicted for driving under the influence of alcohol...

How to help your doctor help you

Posted on April 11, 2008
CNN recently featured an article about how consumers can help to receive their own optimal healthcare by being prepared and helping their doctors. While in an ideal world, a doctor would have your health history, current medications and most recent lab results in front of him or her, the reality is that these things get lost in paperwork...

Hospital settles 100 medical malpractice lawsuits for $1.8 million

Posted on April 11, 2008
A medical center recently announced they would pay $1.8 million to settle 100 civil medical malpractice lawsuits filed against one cardiologist. This cardiologist also faces federal medical fraud charges related to cardiac procedures he performed on patients...

New Hospital Ratings System Helps Inform Chicago Hospital Patients, Expose Truth

Posted on April 11, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services recently released its patient survey where hospital patients rate their experiences and patient care in a format much like a restaurant guide. The survey showed some troubling results for Chicago area hospitals including some reports of patient dissatisfaction and hospital care statistics that need serious attention...

In Three Years, Medical Errors Cost Medicare $8.8 Billion

Posted on April 10, 2008
According to a recent HealthGrades study of patient care in hospitals, the past three years of medical errors have cost the Medicare system more than $8.8 billion dollars. Additionally, the study found that hospital safety problems caused 238,337 preventable deaths to patients...

Find Out More About Your Doctor in Illinois

Posted on April 09, 2008
The Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation has posted a new website database where you can find out more about your doctor or health care professional. The Physician Profile Search allows visitors to see where the doctor went to medical school, if the doctor has been involved in any lawsuits, and determine if the doctor is licensed to practice...

FDA Cites 62 Possible Deaths Linked to Heparin

Posted on April 08, 2008
The FDA has received 62 reports of deaths over the past 15 months of patients who were treated with heparin, made by Chicago-area Baxter International. In Cook county, Dennis Quaid, a popular actor, has filed suit against Baxter for the wrongful death of his twin daughters after they received excessive doses of heparin...

FDA?s Role in Prescription Drug Labeling Unclear to Jurors

Posted on April 08, 2008
According to a recent industry newsletter, jurors often misconceive the role of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in approving new drugs and how pharmaceutical manufacturers create their prescription drug labels. Jurors often believe that the FDA is responsible for pharmaceutical research...

Supreme Court Will Decide if Drug Companies Can Hide Behind FDA

Posted on April 07, 2008
The Supreme Court will hear a case next term that could decide whether drug companies may escape liability for harm caused by their products and hide behind FDA approval. The issue in the case involves Johnson & Johnson?s prescription birth control patch, Ortho Evra, which delivered much more estrogen than the company originally disclosed...

Hospitals Harm 1 in 15 Children with Medication Dosing Errors

Posted on April 07, 2008
A new study published in the journal Pediatrics shows that about 1 in 15 children are harmed each year by medication dosing errors at hospitals. The study revealed that children are harmed by dosing errors and incorrect medication substantially more often than previously thought...

Dangerous Drugs and Medical Malpractice

Posted on April 04, 2008
A woman who suffered a seizure as a result of negligent manufacturing of a drug and medical malpractice is seeking compensation for her preventable medical expenses but has repeatedly been denied. After having worn a pain patch containing a Fentanyl gel for several years, it unexpectedly leaked, exposing the woman directly to Fentanyl, a powerful opiate 80 times stronger than morphine...

Possible Link Between Allergy Drug and Suicide

Posted on April 02, 2008
The FDA announced it will begin examining a potential link between a popular allergy drug and suicide. The review was prompted by three-to-four reports the FDA received about patients using the drug committing suicide. The drugs listed side effects already include tremors, anxiousness, depression and suicidal thinking and behavior...

State Considering Zero Liability for Negligent Physicians

Posted on April 01, 2008
Policymakers are considering instituting a state-sponsored indemnity fund that would pay the future medical bills of injured patients, effectively shielding all physicians, hospitals, and medical staff from any liability for medical malpractice and negligence...

Jury awards $19 million in birth injury medical malpractice lawsuit

Posted on March 29, 2008
A jury recently awarded a woman and her son $19 million as a result of a birth injury medical malpractice lawsuit against her obstetrician. The son was born with celebral palsy and cortical blindness. After verdict, the mother said ?No amount of money will make up for what happened to my son...

Doctor?s license suspended nearly two decades after a mangled birth

Posted on March 28, 2008
In 1990, a doctor delivered a baby with a permanently disabled arm. The parents filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor and hospital. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that the hospital negligently gave staff privileges to a doctor who had been sued repeatedly and lacked proper malpractice insurance...

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