Medical Malpractice

• Medication Errors and Children

  Dan Frith | July 07, 2008 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  This report will wake you up! A recent study published in the journal, Pediatrics, concludes that far too many medical errors occur when medicines are ordered for hospitalized children....

• Breast Cancer and Mammograms

  Dan Frith | July 02, 2008 6:41 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Almost everyone knows someone who has had a bout with breast cancer. The risk factors are fairly well known. Age - about 2 out of 3 women with invasive breast cancer are age 55 or older when the...

• Pediatrician Stands Tall

  Dan Frith | June 24, 2008 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I try to read as much as I can about issues affecting medical malpractice in America. The sources include books, newspapers, television reports and yes...even blogs written by doctors...and that is...

• Doctors Not Using Electronic Records

  Dan Frith | June 19, 2008 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I can't tell you how many times we see medical negligence cases which arise out of problems with medical records. A radiologist's report never makes it into the patient's chart or is never...

• Hospitals Spying on Doctors

  Dan Frith | June 13, 2008 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Just had to share this CBS News Report with you. It appears that some hospitals are hiring "fake patients" to arrive at the hospital with various complaints to grade how the hospital staff handles...

• 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...

• Stephanie Kuleba: Autopsy Cofirms Malignant Hyperthermia

  Dan Frith | June 06, 2008 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I posted two blog articles (March 28 and 31) on the tragic death of 18 year old Stephanie Kuleba. Ms. Kuleba was more than an hour into asurgery to correct inverted nipples and breast asymmetry when...

• 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...

• The Colonoscopy Age

  Dan Frith | June 02, 2008 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  This blog should be more accurately entitled, "The Age for Colonoscopy." A colonoscopy isan outpatient procedure during which your large bowel (colon and rectum) is examined from the inside....

• Mother Warns of Meningitis

  Dan Frith | May 23, 2008 7:41 AM | 2 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I read a sad story in my local newpaper recently. The story was about a 21 year old college student, just 3 months short of graduation, who suddenly died from meningitis. Meningitis is a bacterial...