South Africa: Legal Claims for Medical Mistakes Are On the Rise in South Africa - What's Behind the Trend
[The Conversation Africa] Medico-legal claims - claims based on medical negligence or malpractice - have skyrocketed in South Africa. Recent figures indicate a growth rate of 23% for medico-legal claims in the public sector since 2014. In the past financial year, more than R6.5 billion (over US$390 million) was awarded in medico-legal claims. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
CMS Pauses Plans to Limit Public Knowledge of Medical and Surgical Harm at Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic
Healthcare industry watchdog Group Leapfrog says that if CMS suppresses the data “all of us will be in the dark on which hospitals put us most at risk” For some time, hospitals and clinical laboratories have struggled with transparency regulation when it comes to patient outcomes, test prices, and costs. So, it is perplexing that […]
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Texas Spine Surgeon Defends Himself Against 'Dr. Death' Comparisons
(MedPage Today) -- Anil Kesani, MD, a spine surgeon in Fort Worth, Texas, publicly pushed back against a malpractice claim that led to him being branded as "Dr. Death 2.0," by the media, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Kesani is embroiled... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - August 9, 2022 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Theranos Whistleblower Tyler Shultz Publicly Denounces LDT ‘Loophole’ that the Disgraced Blood-testing Company Exploited
Shultz and fellow whistleblower Erika Cheung spoke to clinical laboratory scientists and attendees at the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago Two whistleblowers who raised concerns about the accuracy of Theranos’ blood test results offered thought-provoking comments on how the maligned company operated within current requirements for clinical laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) during last week’s American […]
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Source: Dark Daily - July 31, 2022 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: swallask Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Conferences Source Type: news
How to Spot ‘Medical Gaslighting’ and What to Do About It.
Experts share tips on advocating for yourself in a health care setting. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Caron Tags: Doctors Malpractice Women and Girls Medicine and Health Discrimination Source Type: news
Malpractice Lawyer Gloats at Win, Then Puts Foot in Mouth Malpractice Lawyer Gloats at Win, Then Puts Foot in Mouth
An attorney is receiving backlash for a celebration video about his malpractice case victory. Did he go too far?Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - July 29, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Business of Medicine News Source Type: news
Judge dismisses NKY businessman ’s malpractice suit against UC Health
A ruling has been made in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by Columbia Sussex founder Bill Yung III against UC Health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - July 26, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Liz Engel Source Type: news
Two Georgia Hospitals First to Be Fined by CMS for Failure to Comply with Hospital Price Transparency Law
Nearly two years after passage of price transparency law, only a small number of the nation’s hospitals are fully compliant, according to two separate reports Price transparency is a major trend in the US healthcare system. Yet, hospitals, physicians, clinical laboratories, and other providers have been reticent to design their websites so it is easy […]
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Columbia Sussex founder Bill Yung's medical malpractice suit against UC Health headed to trial
A medical malpractice lawsuit filed against UC Health by the owner of one of Greater Cincinnati ’s largest private companies is set for a jury trial next week after two years of proceedings. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - July 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Liz Engel Source Type: news
Tale of Two Trials: Unlike Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, COO/President Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani Found Guilty of All Charges
Balwani’s legal team opted not to have their client testify in his own defense and called only two witnesses, while Holmes’s defense team offered jurors the opportunity to hear her testimony Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani dreamed of revolutionizing the clinical laboratory blood-testing industry with their now defunct Theranos Edison device, which they claimed […]
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Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani Convicted by a Jury on 12 Counts of Fraud in Theranos Trial
Theranos ex-COO and President Balwani will be sentenced on Nov. 15, while former CEO Elizabeth Holmes has her sentencing on Sept. 26 Observers within the clinical laboratory industry likely were not surprised to hear that Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was convicted on Thursday of 12 counts of fraud related to his work at disgraced medical laboratory […]
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Source: Dark Daily - July 7, 2022 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: swallask Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory News Laboratory Testing Source Type: news
Hospital, doctor groups in Florida eye medical malpractice case
State and national groups representing hospitals and doctors are trying to help sway the Florida Supreme Court in a dispute about whether a medical-malpractice lawsuit should have been allowed to move forward. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - July 7, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Jim Saunders Source Type: news
Insurer Delays Prior Authorization, Patient Loses Limb Then Dies Insurer Delays Prior Authorization, Patient Loses Limb Then Dies
A suit claims a prolonged preauthorization led to a patient ' s amputations. Did the insurer commit medical malpractice?Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - July 1, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Malpractice Case: What Could Have Prevented This Severe Stroke Outcome? Malpractice Case: What Could Have Prevented This Severe Stroke Outcome?
Could physicians have averted this patient ' s poor stroke outcome?The Doctors Company (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - June 22, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Legal Experts Predict Ex-Theranos President/COO Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani Faces Uphill Battle for Acquittal
‘Balwani is no Johnny Depp,’ says an expert on juror behavior, as prosecution and defense rest in fraud trial of the former executive of the now-defunct lab test company Clinical Laboratory directors and pathologists continue to focus like a laser beam on the trials of former founders and executives of the now-defunct blood test company […]
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