Medical tort reform has been a vigorously debated issue across the country for decades, including in New Jersey.A central element of discussions in forums ranging from patient advocacy conferences and annual doctors' meetings to insurance company symposiums and...
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Malpractice harms flow tragically from preventable medical error
As noted by a recent article on the subject, the thing about medical malpractice that is so frightening is that it is the human body that is on the receiving end of substandard treatment.That precious housing is flatly vulnerable and, notes the writer addressing the...
Robot-assisted surgery: on the rise, but with questions attached
The use of high-tech medical devices in surgeries performed in New Jersey hospitals and other medical facilities nationally "is exploding," notes a recent media article that is most specifically centered on robot-assisted surgery.The medical device maker Intuitive...
Failure to diagnose proper illness leads to death of young girl
New Jersey residents may be familiar with case of a young girl who passed away because of a failure to diagnose properly. The family of the young girl claims that the doctor diagnosed the child with flu when she actually had pneumonia. The failure to diagnose the...
Focus: Medical disciplinary matter spotlights regulatory process
Doctors in New Jersey and nationally occasionally subject themselves to intense scrutiny in regard to their medical practices and treatment of patients. Sometimes that focus comes from state and federal health regulators, especially where an established pattern of...
Court shoots down proposal that would hinder malpractice victims
Every state in the country, New Jersey not excepted, has legal provisions in the form of statutory law that address what might be regarded as the essentials of medical malpractice.That is, legislators have drafted legislation that covers core areas of importance...
Doctor errors lead to $1 million verdict
Parents put their trust in doctors when a child needs medical attention. For many parents, trusting the doctors works out in the end, and the child gets adequate medical care. There are some instances, however, in which doctors make errors. New Jersey residents might...
Woman asks $400,000 but receives $60,000 in medical malpractice
When your doctor in New Jersey, or anywhere in the country, recommends surgery, you not only trust their opinion, but you trust their expertise in performing the surgery. No one expects to go into surgery to have an organ repaired and to come out with other...
Study cites need for greater consistency in kids’ medical care
"Kids aren't just small adults."So says Dr. Jack Percelay, an official with the American Academy of Pediatrics, who cites a close connection between that misconception and the medical mistakes that are sometimes visited upon children.A recently issued report authored...
Upgraded brain scans could improve brain injury diagnoses
Head injuries have been front and center in the collective American mindset for several years now, with media accounts of traumatic brain injury -- including, centrally, concussions --- regularly featuring in stories concerning head trauma suffered by people engaged...
