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PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL CANNOT BE COMPELLED TO KEEP SETTLEMENT CONFIDENTIAL 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL CANNOT BE COMPELLED TO KEEP SETTLEMENT CONFIDENTIAL

In a post today the DC Medical Malpractice Blog writes about a new decision by the District of Columbia Bar Counsel. This decision states that defendants in a medical malpractice lawsuit can no longer require that the settlement details be kept confidential. A settlement agreement “may not compel counsel to keep confidential . . .…

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BAD WEEK FOR NORTH CAROLINA NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

BAD WEEK FOR NORTH CAROLINA NURSING HOMES

This week’s news contains two bad reports on nursing home care in our neighboring state of North Carolina. First, the Charlotte Observer reported that the conditions at Carolina Medical Center – Union Smith Nursing Center in Monroe, NC constituted “immediate jeopardy to resident health and safety.” State officials conducted an investigation of the facility after…

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A QUICK X-RAY COULD PREVENT SURGICAL ERROR 150 150 Dan Frith
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A QUICK X-RAY COULD PREVENT SURGICAL ERROR

The gallbladder is a small sac under the liver that stores and concentrates bile, a fluid that helps the body digest fats. After a meal, the gallbladder contracts and releases bile through the common bile duct into the small intestine. A common but major problem with the gallbladder occurs when a gallstone becomes stuck in…

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NURSING HOME INDUSTRY GIVES GENEROUSLY TO POLITICIANS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NURSING HOME INDUSTRY GIVES GENEROUSLY TO POLITICIANS

Ever wonder why states don’t enact tougher laws to protect the infirm and elderly in nursing homes? Like minimum staffing ratios which require a sufficient number of nurses and aides to take care of the residents. One reason may be that politicians don’t want to pass laws that might “bite the hand that feeds them.”…

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NEW GUIDELINES FOR BREAST CANCER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NEW GUIDELINES FOR BREAST CANCER

Everyone is talking about – national and local news, radio, tv…. The American Cancer Society has published new guidelines that require a select group of women, to get mammorgrams and MRIs for early breast cancer detection. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/27/AR2007032702326.html. What women should fall into this select group? Women at high risk because of a family history of…

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150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NEW FLASH TODAY –SAN FRANCISCO- Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center has received the state’s most severe citation and fine after the California Department of Health Services determined that the poor care of an 82-year-old resident led to her death.State Public Health Officer Dr. Mark Horton announced Monday that the skilled nursing facility in San…

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SERIOUS PROBLEMS AT DANVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 150 150 Dan Frith
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SERIOUS PROBLEMS AT DANVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Danville Regional Medical Center (DRMC) in Danville, Virginia serves the cities of Martinsville and Danville, along with most of Southside Virginia. This once proud and accomplished hospital has a total of 350 staffed beds and gross revenue in excess of $375 Million Dollars. A couple of years ago the hospital was purchased by LifePoint Hospitals,…

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THROMBOEMBOLISMS: WHO NEEDS THEM? 150 150 Dan Frith
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THROMBOEMBOLISMS: WHO NEEDS THEM?

What is a thromboembolism? Just a fancy medical term for “blood clots” and they can be life threatening if they make their way to your lungs or brain. There are basically two types: DVT’s and PE’s. A DVT is a deep venous thrombosis and is a blood clot embedded in one of the major veins…

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WANDERING IS HEALTH RISK FOR 1 IN 5 IMPAIRED NURSING HOME RESIDENTS 150 150 Dan Frith
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WANDERING IS HEALTH RISK FOR 1 IN 5 IMPAIRED NURSING HOME RESIDENTS

This statement should not surprise anyone but does serve as confirmation for what we all know. In a study involving over 15,000 cognitively impaired nursing home patients, researchers from the International Research Consortium on Wandering found that one in five were prone to aimless wandering through nursing home facilities, putting themselves at increased health risk.…

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LIBBY EDWARDS AND BREAST CANCER 150 150 Dan Frith
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LIBBY EDWARDS AND BREAST CANCER

As most of you already know, Presidential hopeful John Edwards’ wife, Libby, announced yesterday that her breast cancer (invasive ductal) had returned and was now incurable. Mrs. Edwards’ breast cancer first surfaced several years ago but has returned and apparently metastasized into her bones. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mrs. Edwards and her family.…

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DOCTORS EXAMINE THEMSELVES 150 150 Dan Frith
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DOCTORS EXAMINE THEMSELVES

Physician-writers have only recently detailed the deficiencies of medicine to the public. For most of the 20th century, doctors urged one another to conceal medical errors, largely because they feared lawsuits. But as a result of a series of research scandals in the 1970s, charges of paternalism and spiraling health care costs, medicine could no…

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DOCTORS’ TIES TO DRUG MAKERS QUESTIONED 150 150 Dan Frith
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DOCTORS’ TIES TO DRUG MAKERS QUESTIONED

Doctors receive money in return for delivering lectures about drugs to other doctors. Some of the doctors receiving the most money sit on committees that prepare guidelines instructing doctors nationwide about when to use medicines. Dr. Allan Collins may be the most influential kidney specialist in the country. In 2004, the year he was chosen…

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