What Is Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice is a preventable adverse effect of medical care, whether or not it causes harm to the patient. Intensive care units, operating rooms, and emergency departments tend to have…
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How Continuing Medical Care Increases Settlement Values
How Continuing Medical Care Increases Settlement Values Whether you’re injured in a car accident, slip and fall accident, or another personal injury incident, The settlement value, and verdict potential, depends…
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Copying PA Medical Records has Copying Fees
Updated August 2020 In 2003 — the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule took effect. The HIPAA defined the rights a patient has to his or her…
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Pennsylvania Tort Reform for Medical Malpractice
Updated August 2020 What is Tort Reform? While tort reform may be a term you’re familiar with from recent news stories, most people are unaware of how it applies to…
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Why Doctors Practice Defensive Medicine
Types of Defensive Medicine Defensive medicine happens when doctors order tests or medical treatments that are not necessarily in the best interest of their patients. They do this, not for…
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Does Google Now Have Access To My Medical Records?
Now both veterans and Medicare beneficiaries can view, download, and print their complete medical records. Medical records are accessible through “Blue Button” download features available on mymedicare.gov and myhealthyvet.com.
What are the Most Common Emergency Room Mistakes?
Here are some common emergency room mistakes to look out for when you’re admitted into care. Being aware of what’s going on around you is increasingly important, so be sure to note the details of your care, or have someone with you who can help you.
Spastic Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy is a term that refers to a collection of various permanent, non-progressive disorders that impair an individual’s motor skills. Together, these various disorders affect roughly one in every…
Read More Should Medical Malpractice Require an Autopsy?
According to the American Medical Association, medical negligence is the third leading cause of death in the U.S.—right behind heart disease and cancer. In these wrongful death cases, families must…
Read More Fraudulent World of Corporate Dental Chains
The boogeyman. Monsters under the bed. The dark. For many years, the dentist was included in this list of irrational childhood fears. However, recent changes in the dental industry have…
Read More Why Doctors Want to be Bought Out by Hospitals
Now more than ever, doctors are both willing and eager to trade the autonomy of private practice for the financial security of a hospital buyout. While this news is hardly…
Read More Surgery Scams: The Secret World of Unnecessary Operations
Whether its cardiac or neuro, arthroscopic or thoracic, surgery is generally conducted with the goal of healing some sort of malady in the human body. Even plastic surgery is performed…
Read More What is GranuFlo? What Are the Risks of GranuFlo?
GranuFlo, created by the Fresenius Medical Care company, is a dry acid product used in dialysis, a process which removes waste from the bloodstream when a patient’s kidneys can longer…
Read More Cosmetic Surgery Gone Wrong: Beware of Negligent Surgeons
Cosmetic surgery isn’t just performed in hospitals anymore. In recent years, more and more medical offices and spas have started performing such procedures as laser resurfacing, facials, and Botox injections,…
Read More We Should Not Allow Non-Economic Caps for Personal Injury Cases
The majority of states in the USA have caps on non-economic damages in medical practice lawsuits and Pennsylvania is in the minority. As a personal injury lawyer in Philadelphia, I’d…
Read More “Are Afternoon Surgeries Dangerous?”
In a very interesting piece for CNN Health, assistant professor of surgery at the Oakland University/William Beaumont School of Medicine in Michigan Dr. Anthony Youn responds to a recent study…
Read More Your Doctor is Important to Your Injury Case
The evaluation, treatment and thorough documentation of your injuries are one of the most vital parts of your personal injury case. If you were in any way injured in an…
Read More Personal Injury Attorney and Dental Malpractice Case
Dental malpractice can refer to any number of mistakes occurring in the dentist’s office, including misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, surgical errors, errors related to use of anesthesia, and any other…
Read More Medication Errors Happen Often and in Many Ways
Every day a patient somewhere in the country is affected by some form of a medication error. These errors can occur at any point in the prescription process, starting when…
Read More Wrong-Site Surgery: More Information
The simplest way to define wrong-site surgery is to say it is surgery which is performed on the wrong part of the body. For two main reasons, wrong-site surgery can…
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