Expert Witness Nurse Retained on an Auto-Brewery Syndrome (ABS) Case
A well-qualified Auto-Brewery Syndrome Nurse Expert Witness was retained on a case where the defendant was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. ...
Ophthalmologist Surgeon Expert Witness Retained on a Cataract Surgery gone wrong case
Case Scenario: A well-qualified Ophthalmologist surgeon expert witness was retained on a case where the Ophthalmologist failed to correctly place the lens resulting in ...
Medical Malpractice Claims Due To Deficient Training and Supervision in Healthcare
Medical malpractice claims due to deficient training and supervision in healthcare typically arise when healthcare providers or facilities fail to adequately train and supervise ...
Medical Malpractice Due to Communication Breakdowns in Healthcare System
Medical malpractice claims due to communication breakdowns in Healthcare System are common and can result in serious harm to patients. Communication is a critical ...
Physician’s Assistant Expert Witness Retained
A well-qualified Physician Assistant Expert witness was retained on a case where the defending Physician Assistant (PA) failed to timely diagnose a spinal epidural ...
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Did your client require a foot or leg amputation because of undetected or undertreated peripheral arterial disease (PAD)? Just as ...
Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS)
As a patient safety risk analyst, one of the patient safety issues I have seen is Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS). Though TASS is a rare ...
Language Barriers and Medical Malpractice
About one out of every 5 people speak a language other than English at home. What is the impact on their health care? Does ...
SBAR Made Easy
SBAR Made Easy You may see entries in a medical record or forms designed around the abbreviation SBAR. SBAR was developed by Kaiser Permanente ...
ICD 10: The Coding Earthquake
A quiet earthquake hit the medical field on October 1st, 2015, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services officially implemented a new set ...
Failure to Rescue Prevention
A thirteen-year-old girl was involved in a car accident which resulted in a ruptured spleen. A CT scan clearly showed the spleen rupture. Her ...
Medication Error Concealed? Finding Hidden Errors
You are an attorney who suspects a patient's care involved a medication error. What do you need to know to investigate this possibility? Concealment of ...
Robotic Surgery Malpractice and Liability
While robotic surgery is a great technological advance that provides great benefits to the medical field, it is not 100% risk-free. there can be ...
Hospital Readmission Penalties
Stewart Miller is treated for congestive heart failure. After 4 days in the hospital, he is sent home by the physician. Two weeks later, ...
Medical Records and Documentation Specialists
Complete and accurate medical records and clinical documentation is ever so helpful to the litigation team. It is also essential for the financial health ...
Nurse Fatigue: What are the Costs?
Fatigued nurses are at risk. Evidence has mounted that the typical 12-hour work shift in hospitals jeopardizes patient and nurse safety and ...
Fatal Blood Clots from Medical Care: Pulmonary Embolus
Blood clots Louise, age 38, was scheduled to have a hysterectomy. Her doctor had decided to perform the surgery to eliminate the ...
Preoccupation, Interruptions & Multitasking Lead to Medical Errors
According to the Institute of Medicine, an estimated 7,000 deaths in the United States yearly are due to medical errors. And the Agency for ...
Osteoporosis: Complicating Fractures
Compare normal bone on left with osteoporotic bone on right. Osteoporosis and low bone mass affect more than 44 million Americans. Four ...
Clinical Alarms: The Risk of Ignoring Them
The Problem with Clinical Alarms Paying attention to a clinical alarm is crucial. What happens when a ventilator, IV pump, and feeding pump are ...
Multidrug Resistant Organisms: One of Healthcare’s Killers Part 1
The patient is in a car crash and enters the hospital with multiple wounds. He develops a healthcare-associated infection and dies. We’ve created superbugs ...
