Approximately 100 patients from Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn had their private information stolen by an unscrupulous employee. 52 year old Orlando Jemmott, a long time hospital employee working in the emergency room is accused of selling the health data of 98 employees to an alleged buyer from Pennsylvania named…
Among all the States in the US, New York State has the highest rate of mothers injured while giving birth. Many of these injuries are the direct result of hospital negligence and medical malpractice. A recent investigation by USA Today shows that not only in New York but all over…
The 3 emergency units at Montefiore Hospital in New York are so overcrowded and unruly that it endangered patients and staffers. Patients have to wait for hours to be treated and staffers are regularly attacked by psych patients. According to a nurse working there who was recently interviewed by the…
Only one Manhattan acute care hospital obtained a Top A grade in the Spring 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades: the NYC Health Hospitals – Metropolitan in East Harlem. Most of the others, NYU Langone Medical Center, NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue, Mount Sinai West, New York-Presbyterian , Northwell Health System – Lenox Hill Hospital, The Mount…
New technology, new medication and new treatments can help patients but can also be confusing to the staff and lead to medical malpractice. Every new year brings new challenges for hospitals and doctors. The ECRI institute just published its top 10 hospital watch list for 2018: New prescription phone apps…
New York orthopedic surgeon Ira Kirshenbaum was sued 10 times for medical malpractice and 4 of his patients died after undergoing surgery with him. This hasn’t stop Bronx-Lebanon Hospital to keep him as the head of orthopedic surgery since 2008 and to pay him $1 million-a-year and additional bonuses since…
Every year 700 to 900 mothers are dying from health complications during their pregnancy, during the child-birth or post partum. According to a recent article written by Nina Martin and Alessandra Freitas for Pro Publica little is known about the circumstances of these deaths except that 60% of them could…
A patient who has to be readmitted to an hospital may have a valid medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital or the clinicians. When a patient is discharged too early or with not enough support not only may his or her condition worsen but also the health costs related to his…
As healthcare providers implement new technologies and therapies every year, they also create unanticipated risks of medical malpractice. The ECRI Institute just published a report highlighting their main patient safety concerns. Below is a list of the top 10 medical situations where patients have the highest risk to be harmed in…
As healthcare evolves so does medical malpractice. The ECRI Institute just published its 2017 Top 10 Hospital C-suite Watch List. Here are the top 10 issues and technical challenges faced by hospitals in 2017. LIQUID BIOPSIES Liquid biopsies are tests using patients liquids such as patients’ blood, urine or plasma rather…