Dan Frith

The use of anti-coagulants, or blood thinners, is wide spread in the United States.  Doctors prescribe anti-coagulation therapy for patients at increased risk of strokes, patients with  atrial fibrillation (Afib), and post-operative patients (especially hip and knee surgeries) who are at increased risk of forming blood clots in their legs and…

How about greed and the desire to underpay skilled employees.  The answer to the question was revealed due to a class action lawsuit filed by 64,000 programmers and engineers who accused these companies of conspiring not to raid one another’s workforces in the interest of stifling competition and suppressing wages.  The lawsuit…

I just read an interesting article from Inside Medical Liability, a publication for the medical profession.  The article, “Look Again – What do you really see? Useful Tips for Avoiding Misdiagnosis” provides some scary information for patients like this: 1.  40,000 to 80,000 patients die each year due to a physician’s…

Today’s issue (4-29-2014) of the Roanoke Times contained an interesting article on the safety of our area’s hospitals.  The article, “Group Awards C to Franklin County Hospital” reports on the hospital safety ratings produced by The Leapfrog Group.  The Leapfrog Hospital Survey is the gold standard for comparing hospitals’ performance on…

Today’s Wall Street Journal (4-16-14) contains a disturbing medical report.  The article is titled, “When Spine Implants Cause Paralysis, Who is to Blame?” Spinal cord stimulators are used to relieve back pain.  Typically, a surgeon places electrodes along the spine.  Extension wires run from the electrodes to a pulse generator…

I bet many of those reading this post have experienced their local emergency room…and it probably was not a good experience.  Under-staffed and over-crowded emergency departments seem to be the norm, not the exception. I just found an interesting site on the Internet which lets you compare the average waiting times for emergency…

I hate noncompete employment contracts.  These contracts inhibit innovation and crush the soul (and finances) of young entrepreneurs who want to be the next Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or even Walt Disney.  Unfortunately, these restrictive contracts are becoming more and more common. We see them in every job or profession from…