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NURSING HOME RESIDENT DIES FROM DEHYDRATION 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NURSING HOME RESIDENT DIES FROM DEHYDRATION

Families work through the difficult decision to place a loved one in a nursing home…a decision not undertaken lightly and not without some reservations. But, there comes a point in time when family members can no longer provide the type of skilled around-the-clock care which is sometimes needed. These facts are what make this report…

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USE OF RESTRAINTS IN NURSING HOMES HAS DECREASED 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

USE OF RESTRAINTS IN NURSING HOMES HAS DECREASED

This is great news! The percentage of nursing home residents with restraints fell from 10.7% 1999 to 6% in 2006. The report comes from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report. The report, released last week, provides both a state-by-state and nationwide analysis of quality-of-care performance in nursing homes, hospitals…

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NON COMPETE SCAPEGOATS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NON COMPETE SCAPEGOATS

You know what a scape goat is? Sadly, most of our non-compete litigation cases arise when an employer wants to make an example, and someone becomes the non-compete scapegoat. Employers aggresively pursue breach of contract action against the employee, seeking emergency injunction. Will they win? Maybe, probably not. But that is not really the point…

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SEXUAL ASSAULT IN VIRGINIA NURSING HOME 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

SEXUAL ASSAULT IN VIRGINIA NURSING HOME

Friends, this happens frequently. Assisted Living and Nursing Home residents (mostly female but not exclusively) are victims of sexual assault. I know of cases where staff, other residents, visitors etc. take advantage of these elderly persons. In last week’s Virginia Lawyer’s weekly, our friend in Virginia beach Carlton Bennett obtained a great verdict for someone…

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NEW PROGRAM FOR HCA HOSPITALS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NEW PROGRAM FOR HCA HOSPITALS

HCA, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain, is rolling out a system-wide emergency-room screening program aimed at reducing the number of patients with non-emergent or non-urgent medical conditions seen at HCA facilities. Under the program, a physician or specially trained nurse during an initial medical screening classifies an ER patient as “immediate or emergent,” “urgent,”…

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FRITH LAW FIRM SETTLES LAWSUIT AGAINST VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

FRITH LAW FIRM SETTLES LAWSUIT AGAINST VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

We can all agree that the men and women of our armed forces deserve the very best in medical care upon returning home, can’t we? Everyone from our Vietnam vets, to those who are serving in Operation Iraqi freedom deserve care that is of the best quality. Sadly, if you read the news you know…

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DOCTORS FAIL TO COMMUNICATE TEST RESULTS 150 150 Dan Frith
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DOCTORS FAIL TO COMMUNICATE TEST RESULTS

I have several friends who experienced medical problems and went to their doctor who recommended certain specific tests to determine just what was causing their symptoms. The test results were both “positive” and “negative” which meant both good and bad news for my friends. The problem is that neither the doctor nor his/her office promptly…

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FIDUCIARY DUTY – YES – BUT TO WHOM? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

FIDUCIARY DUTY – YES – BUT TO WHOM?

Virginia Circuit Court Judge in Fairfax recently held that one member of an LLC could not sue the manager of the LLC for breach of fiduciary duty. The Supreme Court of Virginia agreed. Why was the case dismissed? Because the member did not have standing to bring suit. “Standing” is legal speak for – a…

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ARE GENERIC DRUGS THE SAME? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ARE GENERIC DRUGS THE SAME?

I am blessed to be one of the many Americans with Health Insurance. My company sends me periodic magazines on general health issues. This month, An Article appeared called “Are Generic and Brand-Name Drugs Really the Same?” The answer according to the article is YES, they are the same…. oh wait, I read it again.…

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REVENGE IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

REVENGE IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER

I often get calls from people, upset, frantic about a threatening letter received from an ex-employer. The letter may say “We understand you are in breach of your non-compete. Cease immediately or we will seek and injunction against you in a Virginia court and ask for damages in the amount of $1,000,000.” “I have to…

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SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NURSE ANESTHETIST IN THE NEWS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NURSE ANESTHETIST IN THE NEWS

A nurse anesthetist, Alvin Earl Parkes, who worked for decades at Pulaski Memorial Hospital and Montgomery Regional Hospital (Blacksburg, VA) pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges that he stole the medicine that was supposed to numb patients undergoing surgery. Parkes admitted in U.S. District Court in Roanoke that between July and September of 2008, he…

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VIRGINIA HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE STEALING DRUGS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIA HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE STEALING DRUGS

This is a great story about a local healthcare provider. Roanoke Times reporter Mike Gangloff writes in a breaking news story, that a local anesthetist who worked for two of our largest hospital systems in the area, HCA and Carilion, plead guilty this morning for stealing drugs that were supposed to numb patients undergoing surgery.…

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