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Upon removal from a donor patient, a healthy kidney was placed in a metal basin inside a slush machine. The kidney was intended for the donor’s sister. Before it could…
read moreThe federal government is currently considering a new initiative that would allow patients to report medical mistakes directly to the government. Intended to curb dangerous instances of medical malpractice, the…
read moreA Florida brain-injury facility came under fire in the past few weeks after Allstate Corporation, an insurance company, sued it for fraud. Allstate claims that the facility is warehousing brain-injury…
read moreThe Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine recently published an analysis of hospital intensive care units and the results were termed “surprising and alarming.” According to the researchers, more than…
read moreThe Florida Department of Health filed an administrative complaint against a pediatrician this week. The complaint alleges that the pediatrician committed medical malpractice when treating a nine-year-old boy in 2010. The…
read moreA jury awarded a Maryland family $21 million after it determined that medical negligence caused their child to be born with cerebral palsy. During the birthing process, the boy lost…
read moreLast week the Missouri Supreme Court struck down a medical malpractice cap in a 4-3 decision. The cap limited non-economic damages to $350,000. In place since 2005, the court ruled…
read moreIn 2003, the State of Texas famously adopted medical malpractice tort reform as part of its efforts to reduce health care costs. There has, and still is, a great national…
read moreA health care quality watchdog group assigned letter grades A through F to 2,600 hospitals across the country and a number of well known hospitals scored poorly. The safety score…
read moreLooking forward to the birth of a child is always an exciting time. Florida parents who are expecting rely on their doctors and medical facilities to provide health care so…
read moreThe Florida Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case challenging the state’s cap on damages for medical malpractice. Enacted by the state legislature in 2003, the law caps non-economic…
read moreMost patients believe their doctors to be trustworthy. Roughly 79 percent of Americans trust their doctors, according to a 2010 telephone survey, while only 8 percent indicated that they did…
read moreWhen she lost her son to a form of medical malpractice known as ‘failure to rescue’ Helen Haskell realized how unprepared most patients and family members are to protect their…
read moreDoctors, hospitals, and insurance companies have banded together again to defend Florida’s cap on non-economic damages. For victims of medical malpractice, the cap seems arbitrary, unfair and, potentially, unconstitutional. The…
read moreA 29-year-old North Florida woman was burned while in surgery to have cysts removed from her head. An investigation is under way to determine whether medical malpractice led to the…
read moreWhen federal health officials closed the public website that allowed people to view statistics regarding medical malpractice and disciplinary action against doctors, consumer safety groups protested. It was hard to…
read moreA questionable practice in the medical field has led to serious injuries and fatalities across the nation. Teleradiology and the lack of communication it encourages may lead to critical medical…
read moreIn 2003, Florida overhauled its medical malpractice laws. Lawmakers claimed that the changes would reduce insurance costs for medical providers and make health care more affordable. While the changes certainly…
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