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• Nursing Homes Just Can't Kick You Out!

  Dan Frith | August 09, 2008 6:18 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article on August 7 about America's nursing homes wrongfully discharging residents. The article states that one in seven discharges from Washington, DC...

• Cap on Medical Malpractice Awards in Virginia is Unfair

  Dan Frith | June 08, 2008 2:27 PM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA

  Okay, all of you so-called "tort reformers" out there reading this blog. Please tell me how Virginia's law which severely limits recoveries in medical malpractice cases is fair. You see,if one of...

• Pediatrician: Mentor or an abusive voyeur?

  Dan Frith | June 04, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  This headline from a Washington state newspaper will certainly catch your attention! The story is about prominent pediatrician, WilliamSchnall, a "Jekyll-and Hyde" doctor who systematically groomed...

• Wrong Site Surgery

  Dan Frith | May 16, 2008 6:34 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Wrong site....Wrong patient....Wrong procedure! Anyway you cut it (pun intended)....it is bad news for the patient! Recently reviewed data in Pennsylvania shows that a near miss or actual...

• Watchout! Swimming Pool Season is Just Around the Corner

  Dan Frith | May 11, 2008 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Do you have a swimming pool or hot tub? Does your neighborhood association operate a pool? If so, it is time to get ready for the "pool season" and make that pool as safe as possible. Why? How about...

• Representative Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) Deserves Your Thanks

  Dan Frith | May 07, 2008 6:24 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I have previously written about the evils of arbitration agreements. Mandatory Arbitration is a legal process whereby parties agree to arbitrate a dispute and waive their Constitutional right to a...

• Teleradiology Mistakes Can Kill You!

  Dan Frith | May 02, 2008 9:59 AM | 3 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Teleradiology, what is it? It is the electronic transmission of radiological patient images, such as x-rays, CT's and MRI's, from one location to another for the purposes of interpretation and/or...

• The Nursing Home Industry is Buying Tennessee

  Dan Frith | March 20, 2008 6:13 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Why does the state of Tennessee spend $1.2 billion for long-term care? That amount is 98 percent of the Tenncare (Tennessee's equivalent of Medicaid) budget, which ranks Tennessee last nationally in its funding mix of nursing homes versus home and community-based care, according to the TennCare Bureau. Why? Do you think money could be at the root of such spending?How did Tennessee get on the...

• Over medicating dementia residents~!

  Lauren Ellerman | March 10, 2008 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We hear about it all the time - over medicating dementia patients. Why? To curb combative behavior? Make them easier to control? It is a sad state when an elderly person is given anti-psychotic medications, before an exam is done to determine what other problems would cause aggressive behavior.In Minnesota, nearly 8 percent of people 80 and older are given anti psychotic drugs -- six times the...

• Breathing Man pronounced dead - incorrectly!

  Lauren Ellerman | January 03, 2008 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Medical Examiner pronounces man dead - except he is not. Charlotte North Carolina - man is in a serious car accident, and county Medical Examiner pronounces him dead. Problem is the man is still alive, and does not receive proper medical care for life threatening injuries.This is almost as odd as something out of a CSI episode - except its true, and someone is now living in a nursing home...