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Virginia hospital takes stesps to avoid medical
mistakes
February 7, 2005
Studies show thousands of Americans are killed
or injured each year due to avoidable mistakes. Susan Dentzer looks
at how one health care system is trying to stop medical errors before
they happen. SOURCE
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LMH sued for operating on wrong foot
March 31,2006
A Kinston woman claims in a lawsuit filed in
Lenoir County Superior Court that she entered Lenoir Memorial Hospital
for surgery to fix a problem with her left foot but that the orthopedic
surgeon operated on her right foot. The suit, filed Feb. 23, by
plaintiff Karen T. O’Donnell, names as defendants Dr. Richard
Huberman, Kinston Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center and Lenoir
Memorial Hospital. According to the suit, Huberman was treating
O’Donnell for a heel spur in her left foot. On March 5, 2003,
O’Donnell was scheduled for surgery where the heel spur would
be removed, the tension released and the inflammation relieved.
SOURCE
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Area hospitals will report
medical mistakes; Program voluntary, but all locals sign on
Apr. 26, 2006
All four Central
Oregon hospitals are among 41 around Oregon that have agreed
to join a new, voluntary reporting problem for medical mistakes
- what's called "serious adverse
events" by
the Oregon Patient Safety Commission. The state panel announced
Tuesday the list of hospitals, among 57 statewide, that have
enrolled in the commission's voluntary and confidential reporting
program for serious adverse events. "By agreeing to participate
these charter members are demonstrating a strong commitment to
providing high quality care," said
commission Administrator Jim Dameron. SOURCE >
Study asserts many
medical malpractice suits groundless; trial lawyers' group says
analysis, which uses insurers' data, is biased
May 10, 2006
About 40 percent of the medical malpractice
cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard
analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against
doctors, with lawmakers in the middle. Many of the lawsuits analyzed
contained no evidence that a medical error was committed or that
the patient suffered any injury, the researchers reported. SOURCE >
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