Stephen HaskellLegal Articles
| January 12, 2012 |
Malpractice Fears Not the Cause of Rising Healthcare Costs According to a report in the journal Health Affairs, "Concerns about reducing the rate of growth of health expenditures have reignited interest in medical liability reforms and their potential t... |
| August 12, 2011 |
THE FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE CANCER A Medical Legal Perspective “I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news for you,” the doctor says stoically. “You have cancer. We need to talk about your options.” It... |
| June 16, 2011 |
Medical Malpractice Patient X goes into the operating room for surgery on his right knee. He wakes up from anesthesia with a bandaged left knee. He is stunned and outraged -- the surgeon operated on the wrong leg. This is not an urban legend. Common medical mistakes and surgical errors like leaving surgical sponges and instruments in the patient’s body, incorrect diagnosis, medication errors, anesthesia mistakes, post-surgical |
| February 11, 2011 |
Managing Your Medical History Quick! Answer these questions: What medications are you taking? What is the dosage and how long have you been taking them? When was your last physical? Has your weight fluctuated in the past five years? If so, how much? |
| November 30, 2010 |
Can Preventive Surgery Decrease Some Types of Cancer? Cancer researchers report evidence supporting prophylactic surgery of “at risk” tissue to reduce the risk of ovarian and breast cancer in some women. |
| September 28, 2010 |
Medical Mistakes -- A Primer on the Basics of Medical Malpractice Do you think you might have a viable medical malpractice case? While our office is available to assist you in reaching this decision at no charge, you might first want to think again. Medical malpractice suits are among the most challenging and costly form of litigation, and layered over by misconception. |
| September 20, 2010 |
The Urge to Merge Trend spotters say we’ll continue to see an uptick in health care mergers and acquisitions as hospitals, primary care providers, research labs, drug makers and insurance companies consolidate services. A Wall Street Journal article reported that nearly 30% of all U.S. mergers in 2009 came in the health care industry, up from a typical rate of about 10% annually. |
| August 27, 2010 |
Medical Tort Reform A physician misdiagnoses an illness. A hospital patient is administered the wrong medicine. A wad of gauze is left inside a body cavity. Tragically, thousands of people die or are maimed as a result o... |
| July 27, 2010 |
Health Care Reform: What it Means to You Now On July 23, 2010, President Barak Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, the first major health care legislation in the United States in decades. Changes will roll out over the next four years and beyond, with most changes taking place by 2014. |