http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org Medical Malpractice Expert Blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:50:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en North Carolina's Medicaid office has created a list of drugs it wants physicians to prescribe as a way to discourage more expensive or less effective medications while saving tens of millions of dollars annually.Read more http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org/2010/03/16/medicaid-starts-preferred-drug-list-program/ We're all aware of the fact you may have a medical negligence claim if you have suffered injury or allergy relating to a medical procedure, but were you aware that there are also cases where pharmaceutical errors have lead to a clinical negligence claim?As with a medical error, an error ... http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org/2010/03/15/eye-drops-lead-to-medical-negligence-case/ House and Senate negotiators are inching toward a compromise budget-balancing plan, promising to have a deal on lawmakers' desks for today's overtime finale to the 2010 General Assembly.Read more http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org/2010/03/14/lawmakers-near-budget-deal-education-funds-await-fate/ When patients are set to undergo a serious surgical procedure, they will often be placed under general anesthesia. This process of temporarily putting a person into a state of paralysis and unconsciousness comes with a large number of serious risks. In fact, in many procedures, the dangers posed by the ... http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org/2010/03/13/anesthesia-and-airway-management/ Required fields are marked with an asterisk The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications.Read more http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org/2010/03/12/maine-budget-gap-shrinks-anew/ When we are patients for whatever our problem might be we basically put our entire life in the hands of the doctor, and in special cases we have no other choice but to trust them and just hope it will turn out just fine. Here we will consider a few ... http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org/2010/03/11/things-you-should-know-about-medical-malpractice/ The U.S. Justice Department says Rush University Medical Center in Chicago has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act.Read more http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org/2010/03/10/rush-university-medical-center-settles-lawsuit-brought-by-us-justice-department/ More and more people are relying on emergency rooms (ER) as their primary level of treatment than ever in the past. ERs around the country are struggling to keep up with the influx of traffic. And, as is almost always the case when people struggle to keep up, they're making ... http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org/2010/03/09/the-dangers-of-emergency-room-er-errors/ A bipartisan legislative panel agreed Friday that Gov. Brian Schweitzer should cut less from the state budget than he is currently considering if Congress sends more money to the state.Read more http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org/2010/03/08/bipartisan-panel-asks-schweitzer-to-consider-cutting-less/ Doctors undergo years of schooling and training in order to become a licensed, practicing physician. You would think that after all this education, doctors would be able to accurately diagnose serious diseases, right? Wrong. In fact, misdiagnosis is a serious threat that still plagues us today.Read more http://medical-malpractice-expert.legal-questions.org/2010/03/07/the-facts-about-medical-malpractice/