THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES There is ongoing research into the causes of death for the purposes of rating for insurance purposes and determine the costs of health insurance. It is expected that the traditional causes of death, heart disease and...
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Contaminated Syringes
The American Medical Association (AMA) reported recently in their daily communication that there were reported 52 cases of infection in patients by contaminated syringes in the State of New Jersey alone. The Texas company responsible has recalled all such syringes...
Preventable Causes of Medical Malpractice
I recently attended the annual meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine. A featured speaker was Kenneth Shine, M.D., from the University of Texas, who was instrumental in the work of the Institute of Medicine and the continuing work to make medical care...
“Performing the Wrong Procedure”
A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association had an article with the title of this blog. The article contained a bottom line as to why these errors occur and we decided to pass that information on as it is a recurring observation in so many of...
Kayak Accident
For many years now, I have been kayaking on the waterways of the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. I have served as president of the Hudson River Watertrail Association (HRWA.org) and in a week I will be joining with other guides to escort some 100 kayakers and...
How do we achieve a $6.1 million dollar settlement?
You have a client who has unfortunately suffered devastating injuries and you paint the defendants into a corner where they have to concede liability. We recently achieved such a result in a case involving a major medical institution, a neurosurgeon and intraoperative...
The Institute Of Medicine: Its Work
LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D.J.D. I recently attended the annual meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine. A featured speaker was Kenneth Shine, M.D., from the University of Texas, who was instrumental in the work of the Institute of Medicine and the continuing work...
Delivery Gone Bad
LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., LLB When I was in medical school, in my third year of training, we were assigned a month of training in obstetrics and gynecology. On my third evening, on call, about one o'clock in the morning we received a call from the Emergency Room that a...
Gall Bladder Surgery Gone Bad
A surgeon has a choice. A diseased gall bladder can be removed through laparoscopic surgery or if there is a problem, or even a potential problem the surgery can be converted from laparoscopic surgery to an open surgery. Robotic removal of the gall bladder is being...
Intraoperative Monitoring In Back Surgery
A patient is wheeled into the operating room. The surgeon is present. The anesthesiologist appears and then a new group appears with computers and electronic monitoring equipment. You have probably not been told who they are before you entered the room and it will...