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ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN DC HOSPITAL 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN DC HOSPITAL

If you can dig through all the Michael Vick articles in the Washington Post, you will run across an article published yesterday by Jenna Johnson, Post staff writer, entitled “Youth Hospital Faulted for Abuse.” Read the full article here. Ms. Johnson cites a report published this week by district mental health officials, that states‘Children at…

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MEDICAL GROUP REPORTS SUCCESS IN PREVENTING PRESSURE ULCERS 150 150 Dan Frith

MEDICAL GROUP REPORTS SUCCESS IN PREVENTING PRESSURE ULCERS

In our law practice we hear nursing home representatives, and their paid trial experts, take the position that pressure (or decubitus) ulcers just can’t be prevented in the elderly. This is a bunch of baloney and a recent study from New Jersey supports our view! The New Jersey Hospital Association’s (NJHA) Pressure Ulcer Collaborative announced…

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PICK AN EXPERIENCED SURGEON 150 150 Dan Frith

PICK AN EXPERIENCED SURGEON

Brian Williams of the NBC Nightly News reported yesterday on the results of a recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The article on the study is entitled, “The Surgical Learning Curve for Prostate Cancer Control After Radical Prostatectomy.” The study concludes that as a surgeon’s experience increases, cancer control after…

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HIP PROTECTORS DON’T WORK 150 150 Dan Frith

HIP PROTECTORS DON’T WORK

We see many cases where a nursing home resident suffers multiple falls without significant injury. Finally, they have the inevitable “bad fall” and fracture a hip resulting in hospitalization and surgery. The resident often never recovers to their previous level of function. Now for the bad news, a recent study published in the Journal of…

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IMMIGRATION AND HEALTH CARE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

IMMIGRATION AND HEALTH CARE

Last month I was surprised to find a nursing home trade magazine advocating open immigration policies to fulfill staffing needs in nursing homes. Apparently, extensive lobbying efforts have been initiated in Washington to allow these “much needed” workers ways to enter the counrty. Please, do not misunderstand my reaction. I am actually pro-immigration and want…

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STAFF SHORTAGES PLACE ELDERLY AT RISK 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

STAFF SHORTAGES PLACE ELDERLY AT RISK

Somehow, we came across a publication called BlueHnews – a publication for hospital administration. One of the lead articles cites a published study from the June issue of the Journal of Medical Care, that found a direct corelation between staffing levels (nurses) and infections among elderly. High staffing levels, lower the number of infections (often…

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YIKES – CONGRESS SLIPS ONE PAST US AGAIN! 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

YIKES – CONGRESS SLIPS ONE PAST US AGAIN!

KEVIN FREKING, writer for The Associated Press reported on a new Medicaid provision will go into effect Oct. 1 – read complete article here: Tamper-Resistant Pads Could Prove a PainWASHINGTON — Millions of Medicaid patients and their pharmacists could be in for a nasty surprise Oct. 1. A tiny provision tucked into a spending bill…

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Why Bed Sores or Pressure Ulcers Should Concern You 150 150 Bo Frith

Why Bed Sores or Pressure Ulcers Should Concern You

Lauren Ellerman has written and posted a new article on our firm’s website, https://frithlawfirm.com/. This article will provide you with a broad picture of what pressure ulcers and bed sores are, and why you should be concerned about them. While it is an unpleasant topic to discuss, it is much worse to witness the development…

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NURSING SHORTAGE IS THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH 150 150 Dan Frith

NURSING SHORTAGE IS THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH

In this video on MSNBC, they discuss the shortage of nurses in the United States. 118,000 nurses are needed today to fill the vacant spots across the US. Within the next decade (2017), that number will increase to 300,000. St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona is always busy. The hospital employs more than 1300 nurses…

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NURSING HOMES, MEDICAID, AND YOUR ASSETS 150 150 Dan Frith

NURSING HOMES, MEDICAID, AND YOUR ASSETS

More than a year has passed since the federal government changed the rules for qualifying for Medicaid assistance for long-term care, and experts in the field are still sorting out the implications for those who want to pass assets on to their children. The new rules made it tougher, for example, to give gifts to…

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NURSING HOME SUED IN RESIDENT DEATH 150 150 Dan Frith

NURSING HOME SUED IN RESIDENT DEATH

The daughter of an 82-year-old woman who died in a Chicago area nursing home in May filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the facility did not provide adequate supervision to prevent a fall that she claims led to her mother’s death. Teresa Thorp alleged in the lawsuit that Lemont Nursing and Rehabilitation did not properly…

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NONPROFIT HOSPITALS – I TOLD YOU THERE WAS AN ISSUE HERE! 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NONPROFIT HOSPITALS – I TOLD YOU THERE WAS AN ISSUE HERE!

This week I posted a very simple blog on why the “charitable” status of a health care provider should matter to you. Miss it? Read it here. Today, the Wall Street Journal published an article, Nonprofit Hospitals Scrutinized on Care to Needy, wherein the Journal reports “federal and state officials are increasingly questioning whether nont-for-profit…

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