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Medication Error Concealed? Finding Hidden Errors

Dec 04, 2015 by ArtiModi

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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 Medication Error Methods of detecting medication errors reveal widely varying results. Some medication errors are not reported because [...]

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Incomplete Medical Records

Oct 07, 2013 by ArtiModi

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The attorney reviewing a medical record find that there is no documentation that describes what a healthcare provider did. What are some possible explanations? Attorneys like to use the phrase “If you didn’t chart it, you didn’t do it” to [...]

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Anesthesiologist Caught in a Lie Part 1

Dec 03, 2012 by ArtiModi

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Anesthesiologist Caught in a Lie In 20 years of working as a medical legal investigator, my toughest case involved an anesthesiologist who negligently intubated a patient for a relatively simple procedure requiring using a machine to breathe for the patient. [...]

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Tampering with Medical Records: Why Do Healthcare Providers Do it?

Mar 16, 2012 by ArtiModi

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“I think the hospital is tampering with medical records.” “My physician’s office records are missing the visit during which I fell off the examining table.” “My doctor wrote things that are not true.” We get calls at Med League from [...]

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Refuting Causation in a Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Case

Feb 21, 2012 by ArtiModi

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The plaintiff’s nursing home expert is asserting that the nursing home resident died as a result of poor medical or nursing care. A geriatrician is the best expert to evaluate the complicated interplay of chronic and acute illnesses. The long-term [...]

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Medication Error Concealed? Finding Hidden Errors

Incomplete Medical Records

Anesthesiologist Caught in a Lie Part 1

Tampering with Medical Records: Why Do Healthcare Providers Do it?

Refuting Causation in a Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Case

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