Category: Medical Malpractice

St. Jude Medical Failed to Report Defibrillator Failures; Patients at Risk and One Dead Medical device manufacturer, St. Jude Medical, failed to report battery failures with nearly 400,000 of its defibrillators. Even though the manufacturer was aware of the issues, it continued to ship the product to hospitals and healthcare providers, allowing them to implant[…]

Congress appears poised to consider medical malpractice reforms that put dollars over patient safety. H.R. 1215, or the “Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017” is designed to cap non-economic recoveries at $250,000.   To many of us, this seems like a lot of money.  But imagine these situations: You go into surgery and become paralyzed;[…]

Data shows that the chance of suffering from post-surgical complications goes up when a surgeon who receives a greater amount of patient complaints performs the surgery. In other words, surgeons with poor bedside manners are not only unpleasant but can actually be dangerous to a patient’s health and surgical aftercare. The study, conducted by the[…]

When a person goes into the hospital for a surgical procedure, the last question to cross their mind may be: “what happens if the doctor does the wrong surgery?” But, as it turns out, sometimes doctors perform the wrong procedure altogether, and at other times they may do a surgery on the wrong site of[…]

Pennsylvania lawmakers could be making some changes to nursing home regulations. A task force within the Department of Health conducted a recent review of these regulations and found that patients might be better served by oversight that prioritizes quality of life, rather than quality of a facility. The department made some specific policy recommendations and[…]