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Mortality Statistics and Your Hospital 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Mortality Statistics and Your Hospital

The New York Times published a recent story on the secret recordings of doctors discussing concerns about poor surgical care. The outcomes from surgeries were so bad the doctors questioned whether they should refer patients for surgery if it meant in-house surgeons would perform the operation. You can read the article here. The popular podcast…

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SPEAK UP (as a patient) 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

SPEAK UP (as a patient)

I am currently with a loved one in an out of state Hospital and on every wall is a sign that says SPEAK UP. The poster then discusses patient’s need to speak up and how that can prevent injury and mistakes. I agree. While it doesn’t take away the duty of the healthcare provider to:…

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Medical Malpractice: Failure to diagnose / treat Cancer 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Medical Malpractice: Failure to diagnose / treat Cancer

Cancer deserves a Capital C. It’s scary – life changing and in millions of Americans, life ending. Do you know someone who was diagnosed with cancer and beat it? I do. My Mom had Melanoma AND lung cancer and because of good care, both were diagnosed early, treated and she has reached the ten year…

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All Doctors Are Not Created Equal 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

All Doctors Are Not Created Equal

Doctors are not gods.  They are not infallible, all-knowing deities picked by God Almighty to spread His wisdom to us mere plebes.  Doctors receive a lot of training.  Doctors work long hours and are well compensated for their work.  But doctors are people just like you and me.  Some doctors are better, or worse, than…

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Malpractice isn’t the same as as a mere mistake (under Virginia law) 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Malpractice isn’t the same as as a mere mistake (under Virginia law)

One of the aspects of my job I enjoy the most, is speaking to the folks who call our office. Sometimes, they call because a doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner has made a mistake in Virginia. Often, when they call, they say “I’ve never called a lawyer before but someone told me I should call….” Examples…

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When the paperwork doesn’t work 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

When the paperwork doesn’t work

I have been writing pro bono (latin and lawyer for free) Wills for local police officers lately. Good men and women who because of their line of work, realize, perhaps younger than most, that they are not immortal. That eventually they will die. That in facing their own mortality, they would like to make arrangements,…

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

SOVAH: Bad Medicine – Dangerous Hospitals

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, Virginia have been found by…

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Failure to diagnose cancer in Virginia 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Failure to diagnose cancer in Virginia

The C word is an awful thing to hear. Cancer. With over 1.3 Million Americans diagnosed annually, we receive frequent calls from patients who wonder if earlier diagnosis would have changed their cancer outcome or treatment options. Allow me to state a different way: Cancer is generally easier to treat, the sooner it is diagnosed.…

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Why you have no real “right to work” in Virginia 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Why you have no real “right to work” in Virginia

Yet again, a smart professional person hired me, and asked the following question: I know I signed an employment contract that says I can’t serve my clients for three years after termination, but the law says I have a right to work doesn’t it? So how can my employer enforce that agreement – it’s against…

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Virginia Hospitals Punished By Medicare 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Virginia Hospitals Punished By Medicare

In 2019, Medicare penalized 800 U.S. hospitals for the high number of injuries and infections suffered by their patients. The penalties were enacted through a program in the Affordable Care Act where the federal government cuts Medicare reimbursements for hospitals with high rates of patient infections and injuries. The idea being that if hospitals suffer…

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Dan Frith is named to 2019 Virginia Law Foundation 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Dan Frith is named to 2019 Virginia Law Foundation

Founding partner of Frith Ellerman & Davis will be inducted into the Virginia Law Foundation next week, at the Virginia Bar Association’s Annual Meeting.  We are so proud of Dan’s induction as the Law Foundation only selects attorneys who are dedicated to their practice, and communities.  Join us in congratulating Dan on this well deserved…

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Robotic Assisted Surgery: Is it a good thing? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Robotic Assisted Surgery: Is it a good thing?

The recent news is full of reports of hospitals purchasing million dollar robots for surgeons to use when they perform operations.  The robots are used in all kinds of surgeries including bariatric procedures, hernia repairs, gall bladder removal, appendectomies, and a host of other surgeries.  NBC News presented an informative report titled, The da Vinci surgical robot: A…

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