http://ny-medical-malpractice.org 888-484-5529 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:49:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Medical malpractice has been making national headlines recently after President Barack Obama’s speech on June 15 to the American Medical Association. Much confusion exists as to just how medical malpractice affects health care costs. Interestingly, a 2003 study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimated the direct ... http://ny-medical-malpractice.org/126/how-medical-malpractice-affects-healthcare-costs/ Medical malpractice suits are quickly becoming a burden on the American health care industry. Common numbers note that some 150,000 hospital deaths are preventable each year and 73 percent of people who are injured and sue for malpractice receive some form of compensation. But what about those who don’t sue ... http://ny-medical-malpractice.org/125/plastic-surgery-the-botched-operations-that-should-have-been-brought-to-court/ Under current law, the military cannot be held accountable for any sort of medical malpractice as it pertains to active servicemen. U.S. representative Maurice Hinchey from New York state is proposing a bill that would reverse the current law and make the military accountable for any medical malpractice that occurs. ... http://ny-medical-malpractice.org/124/military-medical-malpractice-2/ As medical malpractice premiums for doctors keep skyrocketing, New York doctors are traveling to Albany to talk to governor David Patterson about reform. Malpractice premiums are driving many doctors out of the state to practice in other areas where the premiums aren’t as high. As overhead and other costs soar, doctors ... http://ny-medical-malpractice.org/123/malpractice-premiums/ The problem with obstetricians leaving the field because of high medical malpractice fees has lead to a new wave of doctors: a laborist. With many OBs leaving the field, a laborist comes in right at delivery time to deliver the baby instead of being the patient’s doctor throughout the pregnancy. Called ... http://ny-medical-malpractice.org/122/malpractice-brings-new-business/ A few months back we reported on a woman who filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Brooklyn Hospital Center for misdiagnosing kidney stones, which in turn left her a quadruple amputee. Now comes the fantastic news of her receiving high end prosthetic hands and legs. After just two months ... http://ny-medical-malpractice.org/121/followup-on-malpractice-case/ A Queens, New York woman is filing for medical malpractice after alleged botched deliveries by the Queens Hospital Center of not one, but two of her children. Annemarie Dhana claims that her sons were “yanked” from her during delivery, causing both of them to suffer with ERB’s palsy. According to ... http://ny-medical-malpractice.org/120/infant-malpractice-case/ A jury in Westchester, New York has awarded a local family $7 million in a medical malpractice suit after a family member was misdiagnosed and died from severe brain damage. The woman even had several times to be correctly diagnosed with the pancreatic inflammation she had and was not. The White ... http://ny-medical-malpractice.org/119/medical-malpractice-settlement/ When you enter a hospital for a routine procedure, you expect to come out of there as good or even better than when you entered. However, New York hospitals are becoming more and more unsanitary, and hospital infections “kill more people each year than AIDS, breast cancer and traffic accidents ... http://ny-medical-malpractice.org/118/hospital-infections/ Medical malpractice is a very serious business, but it is refreshing sometimes when someone can have a different, more amusing take on a grave situation. Here’s some of what Salt Lake Tribune’s Robert Kirby had to say on medical malpractice precautions: True, serious medical mistakes do happen. I heard a rumor ... http://ny-medical-malpractice.org/117/x-marks-the-spot/