Many patients rely on hospitals for treatments, care and emergency procedures. You do not expect to suffer further harm or complications after going to the hospital. Unfortunately, patients are at risk for experiencing a preventable mistake while in the hospital, according to a study by Consumer Reports. The researchers found some disturbing findings that highlight the serious risks patients...
Read MoreA strong majority of nurses surveyed in a recent medical study have a clear prescription for improving patient safety, namely this: having the ability to spend time with patients. As patently obvious and as much of a no-brainer as that might seem, adequate nurse-patient interaction is more a hoped-for result than it is a reality at bedsides in hospitals...
Read MoreWhen many people in Kansas City think of medical malpractice, they likely think of a physician committing an error that causes serious harm to a patient. While this is often the case, the physician is not always solely responsible for the incident. Oftentimes, the hospital itself is liable. Understanding whether the hospital is responsible — at least in part...
Read MoreDoctors and hospital administrators in Missouri and nationally understandably have an obsession with getting things rights and avoiding errors, given the clear and singular downside associated with mistakes in the medical profession. Although it is certainly true that errors committed by medical professionals in hospitals and clinics across the country do not routinely result in adverse outcomes, it is...
Read MoreThe Missouri House of Representatives is scheduled to vote soon on a legislative bill that passed easily through the state’s Senate last week. The bill that is now one step closer to being enacted as law is a tort reform measure that, ostensibly at least, is intended to lower insurance premiums by capping awards for persons injured through medical...
Read MoreThe adage “too much is not a good thing” routinely plays out in many areas of life. The medical industry is certainly no exception. Take diagnostic screening tests, for example, which are routinely recommended in a huge number of instances each day by doctors in medical facilities across the country. We noted in our immediately preceding blog post (please...
Read MoreOne of the things that likely strikes many visitors to hospitals and medical clinics as being predominantly impressive is the high-tech capability that fairly exudes in such specialized environments. Put another way: Most lay persons might not know exactly what that machine is that was just rolled into a room, but they can immediately see that it is the...
Read MoreAs a recent commentary from a national news outlet notes, it shouldn’t be remotely surprising that, when it comes to the implementation of electronic health records systems (EHRs) across the country, the military should have singular and outsized problems. After all, the military is a singular establishment with special concerns and considerations that simply don’t exist in the civilian...
Read MoreNina Pham says that she didn’t want to commence litigation against the parent company of the hospital that still employs her; rather, she says that circumstances forced her to do so. “I felt I was left with no choice but to turn to the courts for help,” she said recently, following the filing of a civil lawsuit against Texas...
Read MoreThe sad saga regarding contaminated endoscopes goes on. We last left off with this high-profile and nationally important health-related story in our February 23 blog post, informing readers therein that tainted scopes used to detect and treat digestive disorders resulted in the deaths of two patients at one California hospital. Additionally, several other patients at that facility were infected...
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