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Employee Engagement in Hospitals Linked to Patient Safety
The most well-known patient safety research project ever released is the “To Err is Human” report from the U.S. Institute of Medicine. You can download your own free copy of the report here.
Medical Mlapractie Case Filed Against Genesis Nursing Home
This month, Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White attorneys Andrew G. Slutkin and Jamison G. White filed a medical malpractice case in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County against Genesis Brightwood Center, a nursing home and rehabilitation facility on Falls Road in Baltimore. The case is on behalf of an elderly women who was admitted to Brightwood Center after a double knee replacement. During the admission to Brightwood, while an aide was getting her dressed in her room she was caused to fall to the ground. When she struck the ground, the woman landed on both knees, which injured both knees and split open the surgical incision of the left knee causing it to become infected due to contamination with bacteria. As a result of the fall and continuing infection of her left knee, over the next few months the woman was readmitted to the hospital three times for complications from the infection. These three readmissions caused substantially more rehabilitation then otherwise would have been necessary, including three admissions to other rehabilitation facilities. As a result of the malpractice, the woman also has suffered extreme pain, suffering and emotional distress from the fall. She also has permanent left knee pain and requires antibiotics for life.
Compare the Care at Various Hospitals
It is now possible for patients to compare the care received at hospitals in Maryland and the District of Columbia. This can be useful in determining whether certain Maryland and Washington D.C. hospitals have a higher incidence of medical malpractice. As reported today in a leading newspaper, consumers can now search a website and compare local hospitals to see how they stack up against each other.
Picking The Right Medical Malpractice Lawyer
A new study has found that most personal injury plaintiffs who decided to pass up a settlement offer and went to trial ended up getting less money then if they settled their injury case prior to trial. A copy of an article regarding the study can be found here.
Doctors Saying I’m Sorry For Medical Malpractice
This past weekend, there was a fascinating story in the New York Times about doctors who say “I’m sorry” when a medical mistake is made. A copy of the article can be found here. According to the article, some of the leading hospitals in the country are instituting policies that encourage doctors to apologize when a medical mistake is made. What a novel idea!