Posts tagged Medical Malpractice

• Too Many Malpractice Lawsuits or Too Much Malpractice?

  Dan Frith | April 02, 2009 3:15 PM | 4 CommentsRoanoke, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We've listened to George Bush, various national, state, and local medical organizations, and the insurance industry cry long and hard about the need to reform medical malpractice laws in the United...

• Hospital ICU's: Wrong Drug...Wrong Dose...Wrong Route

  Dan Frith | March 30, 2009 8:37 AM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  What am I talking about? A newly released (multinational) report from the British Medical Journal which concludes medication errors are common in intensive care units and may result in permanent...

• Ask Tough Questions Before Choosing a Doctor

  Dan Frith | March 05, 2009 11:40 AM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  It amazes me to see how many people chose a doctor based solely upon word of mouth or convenience. That doctor, whose office is just down the street, may have 5 pending medical malpractice cases...

• Midwives in Virginia: Part Two

  Dan Frith | February 04, 2009 11:45 AM | 17 CommentsRoanoke, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Yesterday I wrote a blog on midwives in Virginia...and boy did I raise some eyebrows! I do appreciate my readers' comments and, although I cannot respond to everyone, I do want to follow up on my...

• Midwives in Virginia: A Bad Idea

  Dan Frith | February 03, 2009 10:57 AM | 25 CommentsRoanoke, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Virginia is seeing an explosion in the number of midwives....and this is a bad trend! I see many complicated deliveries where a fetus becomes entangled in the umbilical cord or caught in the birth...

• What Happens When Damages Exceed the Cap in Medical Malpractice Cases

  Dan Frith | January 28, 2009 9:31 AM | 2 CommentsRoanoke, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I practice law in Virginia...a beautiful state with much to offer...unless you are the victim of a serious medical error which renders you a quadriplegic...or comatose for life...or incapable of...

• Is Your Surgeon a "Temp"?

  Dan Frith | January 15, 2009 6:00 AM | 2 CommentsRoanoke, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Yes...I am afraid this is a serious question. It appears that many hospitals have decided to meet the need for general surgeons by hiring temporary surgeons to work a day or two or maybe a week. I...

• Be an Informed Consumer of Health Care

  Dan Frith | January 14, 2009 10:11 AM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Information is power. I don't know who first said it, but this little 3 word sentence packs a wallop! Nowhere in our lives is information more important than when it comes to making health care...

• Medical Information and Privacy

  Dan Frith | November 12, 2008 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I received a telephone call the other day from a woman whose adult mother was in the hospital. The woman is a single (working) mother and had just been told by her mother's nurse that she (the...

• Virginia Hospital Can't Avoid Responsibility for Emergency Room Problems

  Dan Frith | October 21, 2008 9:57 AM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Danville (VA) Regional Medical Center has been sued for medical negligence. The hospital is being sued in federal court for its Emergency Room staffs failure to provide competent medical care. The...