According to an analysis of complaints in the latest edition of inpractice, the Medical Defense Union’s journal that appears twice a year and is aimed at GP practice manager members covering topics like complaints, RCN indemnity changes and dealing with estranged parents, over 90% of 2,410 complaints made by GP members in the year April […]
Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on February 3rd, 2012 | No Comments »
An extensive misconduct investigation that took three years to complete and produced a 60,000-page report, concludes that a researcher who has come to prominence in recent years for his investigations into the beneficial properties of resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, “is guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of […]
Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on January 13th, 2012 | No Comments »
Given that many medical tests are nowadays rapidly performed at the patient’s bedside compared with tests that required sending samples to a laboratory and waiting for results, last month’s special issue of Point of Care: The Journal of Near-Patient Testing & Technology reveals that as more of these point-of-care testing (POCT) technologies are integrated into […]
Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on January 7th, 2012 | No Comments »
Many medical tests that once required sending samples to a laboratory and waiting for results can now be rapidly performed at the patient’s bedside…
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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on December 29th, 2011 | No Comments »
A report of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, warns that using neuroscientific findings as evidence in a court of law at the present moment of time should be approached with great caution, even though scientists growing knowledge of the brain certainly will impact the law in the future…
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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on December 18th, 2011 | No Comments »
It is illegal to sell unapproved diet products that make unsupported claims, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has warned seven companies which are selling “homeopathic HCG weight-loss drugs. The marketers of these products tell users to follow an extremely restricted and potentially dangerous diet…
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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on December 8th, 2011 | No Comments »
There could be nearly two hundred unregistered or fraudulent nurses working in GP (general practitioner) practices throughout the United Kingdom, according to a new report issued by the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council). The Council is preparing a letter to be sent to primary care trusts urging practices to properly check nurses’ registrations…
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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on November 10th, 2011 | No Comments »
Because clinical evaluation often depends on diagnostic tests, diagnostic physicians have a responsibility to notify referring clinicians when test results reveal urgent or unexpected findings…
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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on November 6th, 2011 | No Comments »
In what is believed to be the first legally proved case of organ trafficking, Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, 60 admitted to helping secure organs for US customers and pleaded guilt to the charges against him. He said he had been helping to secure organs from people in Israel in exchange for payments upwards of $120,000…
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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on October 30th, 2011 | No Comments »
Amnesty International reports that the Syrian Government has been using hospitals as part of its repression and coercion campaign, subjecting patients to torture and ill-treatment. The Amnesty report is far from being idle conjecture…
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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on October 25th, 2011 | No Comments »