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Oct 08

Medical Malpractice Attorneys Review Advice for Making Healthcare Safer in the Final Part of Our Five-Part Series on Patient Safety

By Joe Messa

In our last four medical malpractice blog posts, we discussed Wall Street Journal article, How to Stop Hospitals From Killing Us. The article, authored by Dr. Marty Makary, appeared in The Wall Street Journal on September 22, 2012 and offered five suggestions that Dr. Makary believes will help to facilitate patient safety. First, online dashboards […]

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Jul 31

Medical Malpractice Attorneys Discuss Study Linking Nurse Fatigue to Poor Patient Care and Hospital Errors

By Joe Messa

Medical malpractice attorneys, as well as many nurses, have long declared that understaffing can lead to increased incidents of patient harm. Now, a University of Pennsylvania study published by American Journal of Infection Control is backing that assertion. The study also points to poor work environments including lack of teamwork and support from the top […]

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Jul 19

Medical Malpractice Lawyers Say Patient Safety Data Sheds New Light on the Nation’s “Best” Hospitals

By Joe Messa

Consumer Reports published hospitals rankings last week that rate hospitals entirely based on patient safety data. Surprisingly, not one of the 17 hospitals named to the U.S. News and World Report‘s “honor roll” of the nation’s “best” hospitals made the Consumer Reports’ Top Ten Hospital list. Patient safety data included factors like mortality, infections, and […]

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