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OSTEOPOROSIS TREATMENT 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

OSTEOPOROSIS TREATMENT

Here www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061101927.html is a great commentary on Washington Post.com…. It’s about a topic many women over 45 think about daily – bone appropriate treatment. The side effects can be serious and many – so is Fosomax appropriate for everyone? First of all, for your nursing home or assisted living resident – it may not be.…

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LENGTH OF NON-COMPETE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

LENGTH OF NON-COMPETE

Lets say I signed the following agreement with my boss and the company: “I will not contact any customers of the Frith Company, for two years after my employment, and/or solicit their business.” Then I quit – and for 1 year and 362 days, contact the old customers thus violating my agreement. Mr. Frith, on…

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“IS THIS IN VIOLATION?” 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

“IS THIS IN VIOLATION?”

We receive calls frequently from employees that are leaving their jobs, and ask “if I open this kind of a business, and hire employee Smith from my old one, will I violate my non-compete?” The next question is then, “Will the Court find it enforceable?” My answer is always – “It depends.” We need to…

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HOW PATIENTS CAN HELP REDUCE MEDICAL ERRORS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

HOW PATIENTS CAN HELP REDUCE MEDICAL ERRORS

We spend most of our professional time representing the victims of medical malpractice and those who have been abused and neglected in nursing homes. A recent article in USA Today states that 34 percent of people say either they or a family member has experienced a medical error. Read the article here. Patients and family…

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ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES OPERATOR’S SUBSTANDARD CARE 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES OPERATOR’S SUBSTANDARD CARE

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Alterra Healthcare Corporation, which was one of the nation’s largest assisted living facility operators, had more than 200 residents who experienced neglect, injury, or death because of inadequate care during a four year period. The company paid more than $15.9 million to settle claims from more than 50 lawsuits, with…

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CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO LIMIT DOCTORS’ COZINESS WITH DRUG COMPANIES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO LIMIT DOCTORS’ COZINESS WITH DRUG COMPANIES

A consumer advocacy group and a research group at Columbia University have launched a campaign to limit the number of meals and gifts that doctors receive from pharmaceutical companies. What a great idea! Maybe this movement will encourage doctors to prescribe medications based upon empirical studies and not which company bought her an expensive steak…

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NEW IMAGING TECHNIQUES COULD LEAD TO BETTER TREATMENTS 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

NEW IMAGING TECHNIQUES COULD LEAD TO BETTER TREATMENTS

At the Society for Nuclear Medicine’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. this week, researchers made several announcements of ways they are using new imaging techniques to better diagnose and treat certain diseases, including heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and ovarian cancer. Two imaging techniques, multidetector computed tomography (CT) and imaging positron emission tomography (PET) along with…

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DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETE CLAUSES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETE CLAUSES

Yes, even doctors face unfair non-compete clauses. A family practice physician in Wyoming has been served with an injunction preventing her from practicing family medicine in the same town as her previous employer/physician partners. The doctor signed a non-compete clause which prevented her from practicing within 75 miles of her partners for a period of…

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A 1-2-3 APPROACH TO DIAGNOSE PULMONARY EMBOLISM 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

A 1-2-3 APPROACH TO DIAGNOSE PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Too many Americans die (unnecessarily) as the result of undiagnosed pulmonary embolisms. In a recent online seminar on Medscape, three doctors discussed the procedure for diagnosing pulmonary embolisms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_Embolism. Three doctors participated:– Dr. Sam Goldhaber, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Venous Thromboembolism Research Group at Brigham and Women’s Hospital…

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FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND NURSING HOMES

Congratulations to the State of Alabama! A recent newspaper report announced that all nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Alabama were in compliance with fire sprinkler requirements. Read the article here. Recent nursing home fires in Connecticut, North Carolina and Tennessee have become a reminder of the need to fully sprinkler all nursing homes.…

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IMPORTANT QUESTION: DID YOUR EMPLOYER ALLOW OTHERS TO BREACH THEIR NON-COMPETE? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

IMPORTANT QUESTION: DID YOUR EMPLOYER ALLOW OTHERS TO BREACH THEIR NON-COMPETE?

One question we always ask our clients is whether their employers have consistently enforced the non-compete agreement. In other words, have other employees left the company, after signing the same non-compete, and nothing happened when they directly competed with their prior employer? This is an important question as the answer may allow you to avoid…

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911 REFUSES TO HELP WOMAN IN ER 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

911 REFUSES TO HELP WOMAN IN ER

In a Los Angeles hospital, a woman died after two calls to 911 WHILE SHE WAS IN THE ER. Edith Isabel Rodriguez died of a perforated bowel while she was in the hospital waiting area. Her relatives have stated that she was bleeding from the mouth and in a great deal of pain for at…

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