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Emergency Room Doctors: How Often do they commit malpractice? 150 150 Dan Frith
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Emergency Room Doctors: How Often do they commit malpractice?

Granted, ER doctors have a tough job.  They are often faced with seriously ill or injured patients and have very little information about their overall health or medical history.   But from my perspective, emergency room physicians in Virginia still make far too many errors and mistakes in providing good medical care to their patients….and a recently released…

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That rare case when the Department of Justice steps in against health care providers 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

That rare case when the Department of Justice steps in against health care providers

Families will often ask us whether a nursing home can be charged for criminal actions. I wrote about that last week. The answer in Virginia is most often, no. This week, headlines everywhere read that the Department of Justice is getting involved in a lawsuit against one of the largest nursing home chains – ManorCare,…

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When the relationship ends – who gets what?
When the relationship ends – who gets what? Lauren Ellerman

When the relationship ends – who gets what?

Business relationships are like romantic relationships in many ways. When the relationship is over, you must determine who gets what, and who is entitled / owns what. Listen to our recent podcast on how to divide the stuff (so to speak) when you leave a business for another. http://frithlawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/when-employment-ends-who-gets-what-2.mp3    

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LinkedIn and Non-Competition Agreements 150 150 Dan Frith
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LinkedIn and Non-Competition Agreements

Most business folks know about LinkedIn.  A social networking site designed for business and professional communities. The goal of the site is to allow members to establish and document networks of professionals they know and trust.  Many companies want their employees to have a presence on LinkedIn, which can lead to more business (read “sales and income”) to the employer.…

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Nursing Homes: Many Provide Unacceptable Care 150 150 Dan Frith
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Nursing Homes: Many Provide Unacceptable Care

The nursing homes in Virginia are the same as in any other state.  Some are good…some are average…and some are just plain bad. Don’t believe me?  A report released in 2014 by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General found that 22 percent of Medicare patients who stayed in a nursing…

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Criminal charges in Virginia nursing home abuse / neglect cases 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Criminal charges in Virginia nursing home abuse / neglect cases

I just read a local news story from Abingdon Virginia where police are investigating the death of an elderly patient of Grace Health Care of Abingdon, a nursing home and long term care facility in Washington County. Though very little is known at this time about the patient, her death, the possible cause or suspected…

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Virginia Nursing Homes and “the Chandelier Effect” 150 150 Dan Frith
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Virginia Nursing Homes and “the Chandelier Effect”

The title of today’s posts may be a little confusing. What is “the Chandelier effect” and what does it have to do with nursing homes.  The Chandelier Effect is a fancy phrase for what nursing homes do to get you or your loved one into their facility.  It means they spend their money on outdoor…

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Over-Medication in nursing homes 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Over-Medication in nursing homes

For years our industry has been aware of a terrible and heart breaking issue related to over-medication of elderly patients in long term care facilities. Let’s face it – a CNA cannot properly care for 30 residents that are mobile, walking, fall risks, who need help getting to the bathroom, dining room, getting dressed etc.…

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Xarelto, Coumadin or Warafin management and physician mistakes 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Xarelto, Coumadin or Warafin management and physician mistakes

I have heard it before: “This new medication is so far superior to what we used in the past. It’s easier to manage, blah blah blah blah blah.” While I love the optimistic health care providers have about new drugs, I have and will remain a skeptic. Coumadin has long been a difficult medication to…

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Good doctors get sued sometimes, but bad doctors get sued multiple times 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Good doctors get sued sometimes, but bad doctors get sued multiple times

This week I read about a doctor in our area who was sued four times in 1 calendar year. My friends Russ Updike and Nolan Nicely (of Covington Virginia) represent the families who were victims of this physician. Peter Vieth, attorney and writer for Virginia Lawyers Weekly (a weekly lawyer newspaper) writes in the article title Ex-Virginia…

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“Hey Doctor, How Many Times Have You Performed this Surgery?” 150 150 Dan Frith
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“Hey Doctor, How Many Times Have You Performed this Surgery?”

Doesn’t it just make common sense that the more times someone performs a specific task, requiring some degree of skill, that they will get better at performing the task? I certainly think so and a recent article on surgical outcomes proves the point. The article appears in Health magazine and was written by Kathryn Doyle. …

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Cameras in Nursing Homes: A Good Idea 150 150 Dan Frith
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Cameras in Nursing Homes: A Good Idea

I have blogged on this topic before.  The use of hidden cameras in nursing homes to “catch” bad guys neglecting or abusing the elderly is a damn good use of technology.  My home state of Virginia has guidelines for the use of hidden cameras which protect patient privacy yet expose staff (and sometimes other residents)…

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