Lauren Ellerman

Every few days while the Virginia General Assembly is in Session, I check up on my elected officials to see what exciting new laws have been passed. Generally, I am not in favor of greater governmental control that often comes as a result of the “purse strings”… but there are…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021602260.html This article will upset you. Woman wakes up after surgey to realize part of her uterus has been removed. Did she know she was going in for a hysteroctomy? YES… but didn’t have the reading ability to read the papers she signed regarding the surgery.If you are reading this…

This week has been very enlightening, and not in a good way. I have learned a great deal about some aspects of the healthcare profession. Now, I preface my comments with the following statement: I know that not all health care providers operate this way, and that many, go to…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/13/AR2007021301132.htmlMore bad news from the FDA… a vaccine, 3.5 million in production, may harm infants and children. Check out this article.

Well, at least as far as doctors and their offices go…. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/business/12drug.html?em&ex=1171429200&en=0cb0e27ca6026e39&ei=5087 Check out the article in the New York Times. This is not the first time we have spoken about the “influence” of pharmaceutical companies on treating physicians. Many of the Nation’s top research hospitals (Michigan and U. Penn…

You have to read this article to believe it: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4535270.html Physician charged with practicing medicine after his license was revoked. The article says he had been sued at least 60 time for malpractice. How could his patients have known he had been sued for malpractice? Well most states operate on-line…

Our local paper, the Roanoke Times, ran a good article from the AP this morning:http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DIAGNOSING_STROKES?SITE=VAROA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT. The Article states that new studies reveal that MRIs provide superior diagnosing images over CT scans for physicians when seeking evidence of a stroke. The study said with MRIs, the physicians diagnosed the stroke correctely…

On our firm website – https://frithlawfirm.com/, we speak about a bacterial outbreak in an assisted living facility that lead to the death of at least two residents…. but can you imagine, two babies have died because staff did not properly sterilize instruments.http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/16533941.htm. What a tragedy – and one that could…

Did you know your local hospital can charge you $10 for a Tylenol? We have often discussed on this blog, some of the inconsistencies in hospital rates. For example, if you have Blue Cross insurance, they may have a contract with the hospital that says they will only pay $7…

Well, for once I mean this. Thank God I don’t live in California. The LA Times published an article today, that reflects insurance companies are refusing to insure some professions. Professional athletes, firefighters, roofers, etc…http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-reject8jan08,0,5668276.story?coll=la-home-headlinesAre you kidding? Is there not a public policy in making sure our firefighters and law…