A South Carolina widower received some measure of justice when a jury in Pickens County, SC, handed down a $2.4 million wrongful death award to be paid by surgeons and an obstetrics and gynecological medical practice. Jurors found that the defendant OB/GYNs had failed to diagnose and properly repair a bowel perforation following gynecological surgery…
According to the Winston-Salem Journal, numerous people have become infected throughout North Carolina with a norovirus, including at least 20 residents at two nursing homes in Forsyth County. The virus is spread by eating or drinking contaminated food or liquids and by touching an infected surface. The best way to avoid catching or spreading the…
State licensing boards, hospitals and medical groups are assigning continuing medical education courses to prevent doctor misconduct that can lead to medical malpractice claims or license discipline. According to amednews.com, CME courses help doctors learn from errors such as prescribing medications to friends and family members who are not patients. Other CME courses address physician-patient communication,…
Human medical errors hurt about 1.5 million in the United Sstates each year. Mistakes result in 100,000 health care-acquired infections, and these preventable injuries cause between 44,000 and 98,000 fatalities each year, according to Quantros. Limiting serious injuries to patients mean not only preventing medical errors, but also reporting and learning from adverse events when…
Allegedly overaggressive hospital security at North Carolina’s Cape Fear Valley Medical Center resulted in a patient dying, according to the Fayetteville Observer. In April 2011, AlliedBarton security guards at the NC hospital placed a schizophrenic patient in a choke hold after he was taken by ambulance to the emergency room with signs of paranoia. Then, hospital…