Complaint Filed Against Garden Villa Health Nursing Home After Patient’s Femur Broken During Catheter Insertion
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – The family of a former patient of the Garden Villa nursing home facility has filed a proposed Complaint with the Indiana Department of Insurance alleging negligence and...
Claim Filed Against Hospital and Physician Alleging Patient Given Deadly Dose of Fentanyl
INDIANA — The family of a retired Crawfordsville man who died after receiving a dose of Fentanyl while a patient at a local hospital has filed a complaint alleging negligence...
Medical Negligence Claim Filed Against Hospital After Patient Discharged Without Treatment for a Stroke
WASHINGTON, INDIANA — A former patient of Daviess County Hospital has filed a complaint with the Indiana Department of Insurance alleging medical negligence because the patient was discharged from the...
Complaint Filed Against Kokomo Nursing Home After Patient Dies From Traumatic Head Injury
The family of an Indiana man who died after being admitted to a Kokomo nursing home has filed a “proposed complaint” with the Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) alleging nursing...
The No. 1 Secret To Avoid Becoming A Medical Malpractice Victim
It is hard not to worry about the possibility of becoming a medical malpractice victim. A 2013 study reported in the Journal of Patient Safety found that between 210,000 and 440,000 patients each...
Complaint Filed Against Greensburg Nursing Home Alleges Negligence After Patient Chokes To Death On A Pill
An elderly Columbus, Indiana woman has filed a “proposed complaint” with the Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) alleging nursing home neglect and medical negligence against the owners and operators of...
70% of Physicians Reported For Committing Sexual Misconduct With A Patient Are Never Disciplined By a Medical Licensing Board, Finds Recent Study
A recent study was conducted to determine whether physicians who were found to have committed sexual misconduct with a patient were disciplined by the state medical licensing board. The study...
Hiding Medical Malpractice
In the vast majority of cases, hospitals and other healthcare providers who commit medical malpractice hide the harm from their patients, according to a recent Johns Hopkins University School...
Consumer Reports – Hospitals Are Dangerous To Patient Safety
In its upcoming May 2013 issue, Consumer Reports is releasing their updated hospital safety ratings, and the grades show that hospitals are still a dangerous place to be. It is...
Indianapolis Area Discharged Patient Safety Improves In Response to Medicare Penalties
Area Hospitals Feel ‘Squeeze’ to Improve Patient Safety An article appearing in the Indianapolis Star reports on how hospitals are now coming around to reducing the occurrence of patient readmissions...