By Rob Lewis One of the many reasons that the civil justice system– and the jury trial in particular –is so instrumental in enforcing patient rights and ensuring patient safety is that the medical industry, when left to its own devices, generally refuses to police itself. Time and time again, the same mistake is made more than once by the same provider. When asked if they would do anything different
Da Vinci surgery is becoming increasingly common in Kentucky and throughout the developed world. This type of surgery is technology based. The surgeon controls a high-tech robot through a computer-based interface. Is da Vinci Surgery More Dangerous Than We’ve Been Led to Believe? Although this type of surgery is lauded for its decrease in patient discomfort, patient recovery time, and surgical error, the reality might be far different. According to
Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. According to a recent study published in the British medical Journal, the mean rate of death from medical errors is 251,454. Medical errors can occur at the individual level (i.e. an error by an individual nurse or doctor) or at the systemic level (i.e. failures in the hospital or healthcare system that enables an error to occur).
When you raise kids, you have “rules,” and then you have “RULES.” I know that when my kids were little, we made them share, pick up their toys, eat what was on their plate, etc., and if they failed to do it, we would give them a gentle reminder. Occasionally, though, they would do something really bad–like try to escape from us in a parking lot and they would get
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