Doctors dispensing medicine: Potential for medication errors?
Having to go from the doctor to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription seems like an extra, unnecessary step to many patients. Now, that extra step is no longer necessary for some. Doctors are increasingly dispensing medications in their offices. This is a financially-beneficial arrangement for doctors since they can make money from...
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There is a constant struggle between patient safety and doctor autonomy. Many people argue that there are too many frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits, causing doctors to pay too much in insurance and to face undeserved scrutiny. These arguments are the reason there are medical malpractice caps. They are also the reason some of the...
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January 16, 2012 - The estate of a 40 year old woman who was prescribed significant quantities of methadone by several physicians including her ear, nose and throat specialist and eventually overdosed settled claims against the ear, nose and throat doctor for $1,050,000. Claims against other defendants were earlier settled for $528,000. Patti Hargadon...
$1,578,000 Settlement in Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death Case Continue reading…$1.175 million partial settlement in medical malpractice case against a neurological surgeon
December 13, 2011 - Partners Barry Packin and Bruce Nagel secured a partial settlement of $1,175,000 in a medical malpractice case against a neurological surgeon. The plaintiff had a history of hydrocephalus (fluid accumulating in the brain). She had a shunt placed in her brain by her neurological surgeon to drain the fluid and...
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