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Do We Need a National Patient Safety Board?
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Do We Need a National Patient Safety Board?

Not just yes but hell yes! Are people being harmed and killed by preventable medical negligence? Yes again. The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general found that 10% of hospitalized Medicare patients experienced preventable harm during hospital stays in October of 2018.  I do not know the exact number but it must have…

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words…or Maybe a Just Result
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words…or Maybe a Just Result

Our firm recently and successfully resolved a substantial malpractice case involving the failure to treat a post-operative infection which almost resulted in the patient losing a limb.  The client repeatedly saw his surgeon after the procedure and complained of drainage, redness, pain, swelling. All are indications of infection.  And guess what?  The surgeon’s office notes…

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Wrongful Death litigation makes healing from a loss, even harder
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Wrongful Death litigation makes healing from a loss, even harder

Grief is an unexplainable presence in the lives of so many. It’s ugly, raw, emptying, and at time, feels endless. And yet death is one of life’s most awful guarantees. Imagine for a minute, your grief, and the most intimate details of your loss were live Tweeted, or published through photos on Instagram in real…

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How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over People
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How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over People

From the New York Times “The Daily” podcast on January 25, 2023,  including specific information on a hospital system in Virginia: How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over People  

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How to Choose Your Doctor
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How to Choose Your Doctor

Listen to Dan Frith, president of Frith & Ellerman Law Firm, on podcast Eldercare Success discussing how to choose your doctor.

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Emergency Room Mistakes: A Scary Report!
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Emergency Room Mistakes: A Scary Report!

A new study finds that nearly 6% of the estimated 130 million people who go to US emergency rooms every year are misdiagnosed, which translates to about 1 in 18 patients getting the wrong diagnosis.

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How does Medical Malpractice happen – part I

Humans are curious creatures, and the thousands of Virginians who call our Roanoke legal office each year to ask about a medical trauma or potential medical malpractice will often ask out loud – “How does this happen in American Healthcare?” It is an excellent question. One that have I spent almost twenty years considering on…

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The Empty Chair at Thanksgiving
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The Empty Chair at Thanksgiving

We know that many of our clients will struggle this Holiday Season. Losing a loved one is always hard – but when the loss is preventable, the grief is compounded by trauma, anger, sadness and heartbreak.

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Home Health Care and Fraud
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Home Health Care and Fraud

Many elderly Americans need medical care at home…they don’t need or want to be in hospital and certainly want to avoid being placed in nursing home.  What these individuals need is trained and attentive home health services…and most of the providers (nurses and nursing aids) are just that…competent and caring professionals.

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Ghost Surgery: Does South Korea Have a Better Idea?

Many people have never heard of “ghost surgery.”  What is it? Ghost surgery occurs when a surgeon performs surgery on another surgeon’s patient, and the surgeons are aware of the arrangement but the patient is not. There are legitimate reasons for surgeons to switch places. For instance, one surgeon may have a sudden emergency, or…

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Whistleblowers for Opioid Fraud

One of the most common areas for whistleblowers is the opioid crisis. As chronicled in countless books, podcasts, and TV shows, the opioid industry is rife with fraud. In 2020 and 2021 alone, the Justice Department secured settlements in excess of $3 billion arising from whistleblower and False Claims Act cases.[1]

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