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Indiana Preventable Medical Errors Decline
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) conducted a study in which it estimated that at least 44,000 to 98,000 preventable medical errors that result in death occur in United States hospitals annually. Even the lower figure of 44,000 deaths causes preventable … Continue reading
Connect the tubes – Not a game you want your nurse to play…
As technology advances we’ve come to embrace devices that make our lives easier. Smart phones that surf the internet, play games, send emails, send text messages, tweet, take pictures and, occasionally, make a phone call. A single universal remote that … Continue reading
Your Medications and What They Mean to Your Health
Millions of people are prescribed medications, and many are prescribed multiple. Despite the stringent oversight of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), many negative side effects or bad interactions with other medications can still occur, even when taking medications … Continue reading
The Month of July and Your Health
Many people take the opportunity to clear off their to-do lists during the summer months. An elective medical procedure might not want to be one of your check offs. A study by the Journal of Internal Medicine found that there … Continue reading
Dying Indiana Doctor Complains About Unfairness of Malpractice Act
Indianapolis television station, WRTV channel 6, is reporting the case of an Indiana doctor, a victim of medical malpractice, who is publically complaining about the unfairness of the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act. http://www.theindychannel.com/health/27948488/detail.html. Dr. Hubbard has terminal cancer which was apparently misdaiagnosed … Continue reading
More Mistakes are Made By Physicians Later in the Day
Although the US Preventive Task Force recommends that anyone between the ages of 50 and 75 be screened for colon cancer, The American Journal of Gastroenterology reported in its March issue a recent study which found that the more colonsocopys a physician … Continue reading
How To Select A Personal Injury Attorney, Part 2
My last post provided a general overview of how to select a personal injury attorney, but I now want to discus some specific qualifications you should look for in making your decision. First, and most important, is whether that attorney has … Continue reading
How to Select a Personal Injury Lawyer, Part 1
With all of the competing claims by lawyers through websites, direct mail solicitations, and television and radio advertising how is a person with no prior contact with the legal profession suppose to pick an attorney when they have questions because they … Continue reading
Injured On a Commercial Construction Site?
One of the most dangerous jobs in the United States is that of a construction worker. A construction worker may be an ironworker, a hod carrier, a carpenter, a laborer, a electrician, or a variety of other skilled and unskilled … Continue reading
Medical Mistakes Are A Leading Cause Of Accidental Death
According to an exhaustive investigative report on medical errors by the Houston Chronicle, the most current research finds that preventable deaths from medical errors approaches 200,000 per year in the United States. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deadbymistake/6555095.html This means that in the last ten years … Continue reading
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