As discussed in the previous post, a recent study found that babies born to mothers who had received an epidural and developed a fever had a higher risk of birth injuries. The study results were published in the February issue of Pediatrics. The study looked at about 3,200 women who
According to a recent news article, out of every 1,000 babies born in the U.S., six suffer a birth injury. Some of these birth injuries are minor and heal soon after birth, but some are so severe that they affect the child and the child’s parents for the rest of their
Federal investigators recently released a report that found that most errors that occur in hospitals and harm Medicare patients are not reported. According to The New York Times, federal investigators found that only one out of seven errors was reported. Even the errors that get reported do not lead to
As discussed in the previous post, a recent report by federal investigators found that most medical errors that harm Medicare patients in hospitals are not reported. It is required by the federal government that errors are reported as a condition of the Medicare funding. The purpose of the reporting is
A woman in another state has sued the doctor that delivered her baby on behalf of the child who continues to suffer from birth injuries. The lawsuit claims that the doctor committed medical malpractice by leaving the baby for dead for four hours instead of immediately putting the baby under the
A recent article appearing online in CNN Health was written by a doctor who believes there are serious flaws in the American medical system that lead to doctors doing harm when they mean to do good. The doctor points out that Americans pay more than all other countries per person for health care, but the
A bill currently in committee in the Ohio Senate has sparked a showdown between providers of emergency medical care and lawyers representing patients who were injured by medical mistakes made during the emergency care they received. Senate Bill 129 intends to offer protection to doctors, dentists, nurses and other applicable medical personnel
As discussed in the previous post, a bill currently sitting in committee in the Ohio Senate is causing a debate between emergency room doctors and medical malpractice attorneys who represent people injured by medical mistakes. Proponents emphasize that Senate Bill 12 9 would open the door for more resources and
A recent article by the Associated Press discusses some unintended and troubling consequences of tort reform. In order the try to cut down on frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits, state legislators in Connecticut voted to make it more difficult to bring a case against a doctor or other health care practitioner who
As discussed in the previous post, tort reform that aims to make it harder to file a medical malpractice lawsuit in order to cut down on frivolous lawsuits and, thus, keep medical malpractice insurance rates low may actually have the unintended consequence of dismissing legitimate medical malpractice lawsuits. These legitimate