Posts tagged Health

• RI Hospital Fined for Fifth Wrong-Site Surgery, Ordered to Install Cameras in Operating Rooms

  David Mittleman | November 04, 2009 10:26 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Recently, I wrote about Rhode Island Hospital’s fifth wrong site surgery since January 2007, where doctors operated on the wrong finger of a patient. After conducting an investigation, the...

• Hospitalized Uninsured Children More Likely to Die When Compared to Insured Children

  David Mittleman | October 30, 2009 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Researchers at John Hopkins University recently made a horrific discovery: uninsured children who are hospitalized are more likely to die than children with government or private health insurance....

• Rhode Island Hospital Operates on the Wrong Site for Fifth Time Since 2007

  David Mittleman | October 26, 2009 9:20 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A surgeon at a Rhode Island Hospital committed malpractice by mistakenly operating on the wrong part of a patient’s hand. Now, health officials are investigating how this mistake could have...

• American Cancer Society Not Changing Screening Guidelines Despite Rumors (Part I)

  David Mittleman | October 25, 2009 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society, Otis Brawley, recently warned against over-screening for prostate and breast cancers. While Brawley stated that he does not want his...

• Insurance Companies Might Have to Play by the Same Rules As Other Industries After All

  David Mittleman | October 22, 2009 4:15 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I've been saying for months that we're not in a medical or health care crisis, we're in an INSURANCE CRISIS. It looks like the folks at Congress know what I'm talking about. Congress seems poised...

• Ten "Body Cues" to Help Women Predict Future Health Problems

  David Mittleman | October 19, 2009 10:48 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is important to take the right preventative steps now to avoid health problems later on life. However, sometimes it is difficult to pinpoint which health problems will be the biggest stumbling...

• Medical Negligence Law Equals Accountability, Tort Reform Equals Insurance Greed

  David Mittleman | October 15, 2009 4:14 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There's some smoke and mirrors going on at the Congressional Budget Office and it's designed to take away your rights as a patient and to diminish the value of the 7th Amendment. We're in the middle...

• Cigna Flips Off Mother of Dead Girl Who Was Denied Life-Saving Liver Transplant

  David Mittleman | October 09, 2009 10:21 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Cigna Corporation denied Hilda Sarkisyan coverage for her daughter’s liver transplant, which ultimately led to the 17-year-old girl’s death in December 2007. If that wasn’t bad...

• Why Do Doctors Always Think They Are Entitled To Special Treatment?

  David Mittleman | October 02, 2009 9:59 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I recently wrote a letter to the editor of the Lansing State Journal on just this topic. The truth is, it's not just my friend and anesthesiologist Dr. Kenneth Elmassian, who takes this viewpoint -...

• Most Vulnerable Continue to Suffer While Healthcare Debate Carries On

  David Mittleman | September 29, 2009 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The National Eye Institute has devised several amazing devices to essentially remedy blindness. In fact, the New York Times recently reported on an amazing device that consists of 67 electrodes...