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ROANOKE CITY SCHOOLS – BYRD HIGHSCHOOL 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ROANOKE CITY SCHOOLS – BYRD HIGHSCHOOL

This is certainly a local issue – but one worth talking about. Roanoke City Schools have had reports (since September) of strange symptoms affecting teachers and students at an area high school– William Byrd. The symptoms seem neurological – headache; dizziness; tremors – so what on earth could cause this? The local Health Department assured…

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ELECTION DAY 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

ELECTION DAY

“Tort Reform.” That is a very popular phrase to throw around election day. And in the spirit of election day – I wanted to share a few stories. Senator, Rick Santorum, champion for tort reform, sued (with his wife) their chiropractor for malpractice. Rumor has it the case ended in a six-figure resolution. Florida papers…

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CHESAPEAKE VIRGINIA COURT REFUSES TO ENFORCE NON-C0MPETE 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

CHESAPEAKE VIRGINIA COURT REFUSES TO ENFORCE NON-C0MPETE

Here is some good news to report! A Chesapeake, Virginia Judge has refused to enforce a non-compete clause in an employment contract. Theodore Wood has been in the pavement-marking business for eight years. Spivey Pavement Markings Inc. sued Wood and his current employer, Mid-Atlantic Pavement Markings LLC, saying that Wood had breached a “noncompete agreement”…

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JURY FINDS NURSING HOME LIABLE FOR RESIDENT’S DEATH 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

JURY FINDS NURSING HOME LIABLE FOR RESIDENT’S DEATH

A Missouri jury has ordered the owner-operator of two nursing facilities to pay more than $3 million to the estate of a former patient who died in 2004. The verdict stems from a lawsuit alleging that the nursing staff at Barry Manor and White Oak Manor nursing homes was negligent and failed to properly care…

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PRIVATE AND SEMI-PRIVATE NURSING HOME ROOM RATES INCREASE IN CREASE IN 2007 WHILE ASSISTED LIVING RATES REMAIN STEADY 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

PRIVATE AND SEMI-PRIVATE NURSING HOME ROOM RATES INCREASE IN CREASE IN 2007 WHILE ASSISTED LIVING RATES REMAIN STEADY

Nursing home costs increased 3% on average across the country in the last year, according to newly released data from the MetLife Mature Market Institute. Assisted living costs remained virtually unchanged at $2,969 per month or $35,628 yearly. The average cost of a private room in a nursing home was $213 per day or $77,745…

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HEY CONGRESS – PASS THE NURSING HOME ABUSE BILL 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

HEY CONGRESS – PASS THE NURSING HOME ABUSE BILL

A nursing home abuse bill, the Elder Justice Act, has been under consideration in Congress for the past five years but has received scant attention and has yet to be passed. Although nursing home and elder abuse are serious and growing problems in this country, the nursing home abuse bill has never even been voted…

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HEALTHY BRAINS HAVE PROBLEMS TOO! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

HEALTHY BRAINS HAVE PROBLEMS TOO!

A newly released study reveals that 13% of healthy adults have abnormalities in their brains without even knowing it, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study analyzed the MRI scans of 2,000 healthy individuals with an average age of 63 with no signs of brain problems. It found that…

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PROTECTION TO APOLOGIZE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

PROTECTION TO APOLOGIZE

In my family, when you make a mistake, tell a lie, hurt someone, you apologize for it.In Massachusetts, the legislature is trying to create a law that allows doctors to do the same thing, without fear the apology will end up before a jury as an admission. We have similar legislation in Virginia – but…

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P0LITICAL CANDIDATES ARGUE OVER STAFFING OF NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

P0LITICAL CANDIDATES ARGUE OVER STAFFING OF NURSING HOMES

In our experience almost 80% of all cases against nursing homes for inadequate and negligent care arise from the facility not having enough trained and competent staff on duty. Far too many nursing homes have one or two CNAs taking care of 20 or more residents – an impossible task! In Kentucky this problem has…

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MARYLAND CUTS OFF FUNDS FOR NURSING HOME 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

MARYLAND CUTS OFF FUNDS FOR NURSING HOME

The Maryland Office of Health Care Quality has asked the U.S. government to cut off federal payments to a Bethesda nursing home, under fire for six months over deficiencies in care. The nursing home, Bethesda Health and Rehabilitation, has been faulted in several inspections. Two elderly women, one a tracheotomy patient, have died and a…

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PHARMACY ERRORS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

PHARMACY ERRORS

I often listen to a radio show on National Public Radio – called the people’s pharmacy. The show features many members of the medical community, discussing relevant health issues.Yesterday, the show had a feature on pharmacy errors. The hosts reported that more pharmacy errors occur in the beginning of the month because that is when…

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HOSPTIALS DO NOT WANT TO DISCLOSE THEIR MISTAKES! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

HOSPTIALS DO NOT WANT TO DISCLOSE THEIR MISTAKES!

What happens when the surgeon operates on the left knee when the patient was supposed to have surgery on the right knee? What happens when Mrs. Betty Jones receives medications intended for Mrs. Beth Jones and suffers a cardiac arrest as a result? To my mind, those acts of “mistakes” which lawyers call acts of…

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