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CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO LIMIT DOCTORS’ COZINESS WITH DRUG COMPANIES
CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO LIMIT DOCTORS’ COZINESS WITH DRUG COMPANIES 150 150 Dan Frith

A consumer advocacy group and a research group at Columbia University have launched a campaign to limit the number of meals and gifts that doctors receive from pharmaceutical companies. What a great idea! Maybe this movement will encourage doctors to prescribe medications based upon empirical studies and not which company…

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DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETE CLAUSES
DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETE CLAUSES 150 150 Dan Frith

Yes, even doctors face unfair non-compete clauses. A family practice physician in Wyoming has been served with an injunction preventing her from practicing family medicine in the same town as her previous employer/physician partners. The doctor signed a non-compete clause which prevented her from practicing within 75 miles of her…

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FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND NURSING HOMES
FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith

Congratulations to the State of Alabama! A recent newspaper report announced that all nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Alabama were in compliance with fire sprinkler requirements. Read the article here.Recent nursing home fires in Connecticut, North Carolina and Tennessee have become a reminder of the need to fully…

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IMPORTANT QUESTION: DID YOUR EMPLOYER ALLOW OTHERS TO BREACH THEIR NON-COMPETE?
IMPORTANT QUESTION: DID YOUR EMPLOYER ALLOW OTHERS TO BREACH THEIR NON-COMPETE? 150 150 Dan Frith

One question we always ask our clients is whether their employers have consistently enforced the non-compete agreement. In other words, have other employees left the company, after signing the same non-compete, and nothing happened when they directly competed with their prior employer?This is an important question as the answer may…

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CASE REPORT: FAMILY SUCCESSFULLY SUES SOUTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL
CASE REPORT: FAMILY SUCCESSFULLY SUES SOUTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL 150 150 Dan Frith

This one is hard to believe! Swain Walter Wright Jr., a 71-year-old father of two, was homicidal and suicidal in December 2001 when he twice sought admission to the psychiatric unit at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He later hanged himself from a tree in his backyard.Swain…

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RECENT STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON CAUSES OF DECUBITUS ULCERS
RECENT STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON CAUSES OF DECUBITUS ULCERS 150 150 Dan Frith

Chronic lower extremity ulcers affect approximately 2.5 million to 4.5 million people in the US. This growing clinical problem is most prominent among the elderly residents of nursing homes. In many of our cases against nursing homes where poor care has resulted in the development of decubitus ulcers, the facilities…

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NON-COMPETE CLAUSES AND THE WORLD OF SPORTS
NON-COMPETE CLAUSES AND THE WORLD OF SPORTS 150 150 Dan Frith

Non-compete clauses are everywhere from restaurants and their chefs to basketball teams and their coaches. That’s right – now coaches have to deal with non-compete provisions in their contracts.Billy Donovan, whose University of Florida basketball team won the NCAA title this year, walked away from that job and was hired…

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ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS DECLINE FASTER AFTER ENTERING A NURSING HOME
ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS DECLINE FASTER AFTER ENTERING A NURSING HOME 150 150 Dan Frith

Alzheimer’s disease patients experienced a more rapid decline in their mental abilities after being placed in a nursing home, except for those that had prior experience in adult day care. These patients did not experience this faster rate of cognitive decline according to a new study by the Rush Alzheimer’s…

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PATIENT SAFETY GROUPS ON THE INTERNET
PATIENT SAFETY GROUPS ON THE INTERNET 150 150 Dan Frith

We have received several requests from the readers of Legal Medicine to identify other patient advocacy groups available on the Internet. Well here you go…..Consumers Advancing Patient Safety – provides patient safety information, online forums on medical error experiences.Persons United Limiting Substandards and Errors in Healthcare – a national network…

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JOSIEKING.ORG: FAMILIY TAKES UP THE CAUSE OF HOSPITAL SAFETY
JOSIEKING.ORG: FAMILIY TAKES UP THE CAUSE OF HOSPITAL SAFETY 150 150 Dan Frith

“When her 18-month-old daughter Josie died after a series of medical mistakes at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore six years ago, Sorrel King was consumed by grief and anger, wanting to destroy the hospital and even end her own life. But with three other children to live for, she…

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