Medical Malpractice

• Patient of Distrust of Doctors II

  Donald Caminiti | August 15, 2008 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  No less prestigious a group than the Harvard Medical Practice Study Group, in an article entitled "Doctors and Lawyers: Medical Injury, Malpractice Litigation and Patient Compensation in New York",...

• Patient Distrust of Doctors

  Donald Caminiti | August 08, 2008 9:56 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Recent research and anecdotal reports suggest that patients increasingly distrust their doctors. According an article recently published in the N.Y. Times, in a study conducted by Johns...

• Physician-Patient Communication

  Donald Caminiti | July 26, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  In medical malpractice litigations in recent years in Japan, it is notable that the growing number of medical negligence cases resulting in serious personal injury or wrongful death includes the...

• Medical Malpractice - "Dr. Creepy" and his tattoos

  Donald Caminiti | July 22, 2008 3:40 PM | 11 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A Pennsauken woman has filed suit in Camden County Superior Court against her orthopedic surgeon, who - after performing successful surgery on her herniated disc - left a washable tattoo on her...

• Medical Malpractice III

  Donald Caminiti | July 01, 2008 2:51 PM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Unfortunately, neither ancedotal tales, rhetorical hocus-pocus nor blame pointed at the legal profession will put an end to medical negligence crisi in this country. The Harvard Medical Practice...

• Never Events

  Karen Gatlin | July 01, 2008 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  "Never events" are identifiable, serious, preventable errors in medical care and are evidence of problems in a health care facility. The exact number of "never events" is unknown, but they result in...

• Nursing Home News

  Karen Gatlin | June 23, 2008 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The following are intended to improve health care for Americans: 1) The government will institute a program rating nursing homes in order to assist consumers in selecting a nursing home for a loved...

• The Truth about Medical Malpractice Claims, Part II

  Donald Caminiti | June 23, 2008 9:48 AM | 4 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  An editorial in today's Star Ledger alleges, with no supporting empirical data, that New Jersey and New York lead the nation in relative monetary tort losses due to malpractice lawsuits and, as a...

• Judgment and Error

  Karen Gatlin | June 20, 2008 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  JO'Hare VP claims writes: "A breach in the standard of care is more than just an error. A physician can rely on judgment. An error based on his judgment does not automatically reach the threshold of...

• Medical Malpractice

  Karen Gatlin | June 17, 2008 2:29 PM | 2 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  In 2006, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Risk Management Foundation studied over one thousand malpractice files from multiple insurance companies throughout the United States....