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Medication Errors by Pharmacists
Medication Errors by Pharmacists 150 150 Dan Frith

I watched NBC Nightly News on the evening of March 16 and a story caught my attention.  The report, seen here beginning at the 16:15 minute mark, was about the stresses placed on pharmacists. The story focuses on a pharmacist with 14 years of experience and how employers (CVS Pharmacy…

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How Does your Hospital Stack Up?
How Does your Hospital Stack Up? 150 150 Dan Frith

I have written blogs before about how to find a good doctor in Virginia.  Click here. Now I want to talk about finding a good hospital in Virginia.  Of course you want a good doctor to provide you or your family with great care but what about the nursing staff…

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Information is Power: A New Tool for Patients
Information is Power: A New Tool for Patients 150 150 Dan Frith

Have you ever read your medical records from your healthcare providers? I know…it is too hard and too time consuming. But if  you read them you might be shocked at how inaccurate they are on some very basic and potentially life threatening ways.  Examples I have seen include the wrong…

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Telemedicine and the Coronavirus
Telemedicine and the Coronavirus 150 150 Dan Frith

Yes they are related.  Telemedicine, or the use of remote audio-visual technology to provide medical care has been around for years.  It probably got its first start when smaller rural hospitals used remote radiologists to interpret x-rays, CTs, and MRI studies during the middle of the night or on weekends…

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Radiologist Loses Medical License
Radiologist Loses Medical License 150 150 Dan Frith

Why does this keep happening? A Richmond area radiologist,  Michael J. Bigg, MD, has been summarily suspended from medical practice amid allegations of repeatedly missing signs of cancer in his patients’ mammograms.  The Virginia Board of Medicine found Michael J. Bigg’s practice constituted a danger to public health or safety.…

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Good Medicine in the time of Covid-19
Good Medicine in the time of Covid-19 150 150 Dan Frith

My initial plans for this blog post have taken a turn. I initially wanted to comment about how people who need to see their doctor, or even worse, need to be seen immediately in a hospital emergency department, were not being seen or treated because our healthcare system was overwhelmed…

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Non-Competes in the world of Coronavirus
Non-Competes in the world of Coronavirus 150 150 Dan Frith

These are troubling times. Every person and every business in America will be affected. Retailers, restaurants, bars, movie theaters, etc., will be firing, furloughing, and/or laying off hundreds of thousand employees…many of whom have employment contracts which prevent them from working for a competitor. Virginia courts will enforce reasonable non-compete…

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VA Hospitals: Our Veterans Deserve Better
VA Hospitals: Our Veterans Deserve Better 150 150 Dan Frith

Here is the deal. You serve your country in the army, marines, navy, or air force and in return your country takes care of your health needs. People who were in the reserves or National Guard may also qualify if he/she was called up for active duty. The problem: the…

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Neil Armstrong’s Bypass Surgery
Neil Armstrong’s Bypass Surgery 150 150 Dan Frith

Neil Armstrong was an American Hero. He flew 78 combat missions in the Korean War, was a test pilot for new planes, was the commander for Apollo 11 and became the first man to walk on the face of the moon. All of his accomplishments aside, it is his health…

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SOVAH: Bad Medicine – Dangerous Hospitals
SOVAH: Bad Medicine – Dangerous Hospitals 150 150 Dan Frith

These words are not mine they belong to James Sherlock, a retired Navy Captain who has spent years studying health care. These words are part of the subject line of a letter written by Mr. Sherlock to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. The letter stated the hospitals serving Danville and Martinsville,…

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