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I went to a large bookstore last night and found this gem smiling at me from the NEW RELEASES table:
“A Bitter-Sweet Season, Caring for Our Aging Parents, and Ourselves,” by Jane Gross.
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It seems you can’t go anywhere without hearing comments that lawyers and medical malpractice lawsuits are ruining America! Those individuals who hold this opinion believe that there are too many frivolous lawsuits filed against health care providers and that many good doctors are leaving the profession as a result. The allegations are horrible…but are they true?
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Our local paper, The Roanoke Times, ran a syndicated article today from Joe and Teresa Graedon better known at The People’s Pharmacy.
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A vast majority of medical malpractice / nursing home abuse and neglect cases in this country settle before trial.
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Nursing Home Reform.
Healthcare Reform.
Budget cuts.
Are these good thing?
Bad things?
Necessary things?
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We speak to families all the time who have watched a loved one suffer because of an incident involving a nursing home or assisted living facility. We even hear of cases where long term neglect leads to death or permanent injury in health care facilities.
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Did you know that hospital Emergency Departments account for 37% - 55% of the malpractice cases filed against hospitals and that most of the claims based upon diagnostic errors? For example, did you know that 15% of patients with a median age of 38 who reported to the ER with stroke symptoms were misdiagnosed?
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This story comes from Florida but that state is not unique.
It appears regulators from the Sunshine State are failing to protect residents of assisted living facilities, according to an investigation by The Miami Herald and NPR member station WLRN. An analysis of state records revealed dozens of questionable deaths in assisted living facilities.