Medical Malpractice

• Concierge Medicine

  Karen Gatlin | August 28, 2008 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Some doctors have decided to limit their practice of medicine to patients who pay directly for treatment and do not require physicians to submit forms and other paperwork to insurance companies....

• Pain and Suffering Caps on lawsuits are unfair

  Donald Caminiti | February 26, 2008 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Former Dallas Cowboy Ron Springs, who has been in a coma since the fall after surgery to remove a cyst, is one of 11 plaintiffs challenging Texas' medical malpractice cap in a lawsuit filed Monday.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall, challenges the 2003 Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act, which limits awards in Texas. The lawsuit asks...

• 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: The Risks of Prescribing Accutane

  Karen Gatlin | November 10, 2008 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Accutane is a drug commonly used to treat acne, a troublesome but non lethal skin condition. Therefore, the benefits of Accutane must be carefully weighed against its risks. Both precribing...

• Medical Malpractice: Prevention of Bed Sores

  Karen Gatlin | October 29, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Almost all besores are preventable. The occurrence of a bedsore is now a never event; that is, the treatment will not be covered by Medicare as it is considered a totally preventable occurrence. A...

• 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...

• Prednisone and Fractures

  Karen Gatlin | January 28, 2008 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Corticosteroids such as Prednisone are used in inflammatory conditions for their anti-inflammatory effects. When used properly, these drugs save lives and avert injury to bodily organs. They have a rapid onset of action, and profoundly affect many parts of the immune system as well as most other body systems. Corticosteroids are used to treat a variety of conditions such as vasculitis;...

• Arthoscopic knee surgery ... and unnecessary procedure?

  Donald Caminiti | September 15, 2008 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  According to a recent story in the New York Times, thousands of patients each year may be undergoing unnecessary arthroscopic knee surgery, say two studies published in this week’s...

• 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...

• 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....