Dan Frith

Lauren and I have a lot of fun writing articles for Legal Medicine. We know that not all of our readers agree with our view of the intersection of law and medicine…but that’s okay…we’ve got thick skin! We read blogs constantly and thought we would share several we think are…

I have written here before that many nursing homes “over-medicate” their residents with antipsychotic drugs. This practice of over medication results in a sedated resident population which doesn’t place staffing demands on the facility. The corporate owners of nursing homes know that if they can keep their staffing costs down…

We have written several blogs about all of the problems with nursing homes in Tennessee…and the problems are too numerous to repeat here but suffice it to report the state suspended admissions to 21 nursing homes this year, up from 10 in 2006 and six in 2005. But now the…

Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife have sued the makers of heparin after their newborn twins were inadvertently given massive doses of the blood thinner at a hospital. The product liability lawsuit, filed in Chicago, seeks more than $50,000 in damages.The suit claims that Baxter Healthcare Corp., the manufacturer of…

You may not think about it but your local pharmacist is a medical professional who must comply with high standards of professional conduct. Pharmacists, like doctors and nurses, are “healthcare providers” and in Virginia are regulated by the Virginia Board of Pharmacy. Dispensing the wrong medication or the wrong dosage…

I recently read a story written by an electrician who was severely injured on the job and, at age 35, found himself in a nursing home. The nursing home was located in Tennessee but could have been located anywhere in America. The writer “survived several life-threatening mistakes by poorly trained…

The Wall Street Journal reported today that Medicaid has spent more money on antipsychotic drugs for Americans than on any other class of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, AIDS drugs or medicine to treat high-blood pressure. In a practice known as “off label” use of prescription drugs, patients can get these…

Here is a scary story! A resident in an Arizona nursing home was battling an active case of tuberculosis (TB) and passed the disease to several others before dying this fall, according to local health department officials. The health department was notified on Nov. 5 and began an investigation, which…