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Caps Reduce Patients' Harms and Losses To Just Another Cost Of Doing Business by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Here is a reprint of a letter that appears in this morning's New York Times written by Patrick J. Kenneally (my boss): Re “ A System Breeding More Waste,” by David ... Read on »

Elderly Patients At Risk For Spinal Cord Injury During Dental Procedures by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I have been retained to represent a 79 year old woman in a dental malpractice case. The woman visited her Chicago area periodontist to have a single dental implant placed. D ... Read on »

When A Lawyer Refers You To A Physician by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy CNN is reporting this morning about a group of lawyers and physicians who allegedly conspired to inflate lawsuit damages by encouraging accident victims to undergo questionabl ... Read on »

Don't Be Shy by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy There appeared in yesterday's Houston Chronicle a thoughtful editorial describing what consumers can and should do to protect themselves against medical errors. The piece urg ... Read on »

Hearst Newspapers Investigation Into Medical Errors by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Hearst Newspapers has completed a remarkable investigation into medical errors nation wide. The news organization has created a web site dedicated to the story. Read on »

Be Aggressive When Your Child Is Hospitalized by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy You know that mama bear or papa bear feeling you get when you sense something or someone posing a threat to your child? If you're a parent, of course you do. Well, you need ... Read on »

One Medical Malpractice Attorney's View Of Abortion by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Abortion. The word evokes strong emotion whenever it is uttered or written. As a trial lawyer representing persons injured due to shoddy medical care, I see it as a health c ... Read on »

How To Talk To A Lawyer About Medical Malpractice by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy We want you to call us. Call us to vent. Call us to explain your situation. Call us to just talk. It's OK. It's what we do; talk to many, many people everyday and listen ... Read on »

Hospital Files Lawsuit Over Patient Intimidation by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Just when I thought I could not be more jaded about health care insurance companies comes a story out of New Jersey about an insurer intimidating patients in the hospital. Ba ... Read on »

When Care Providers Will Not Listen by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A tragic story appears in this morning's Washington Post about a 44 year old man who died because hospital physicians failed to timely diagnose and treat his bowel perforation ... Read on »

"Defensive Medicine," Nonsense by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Repeat after me, "Doctor, why are you ordering this test?" Simple. To the point. You should receive a straight forward, clear and concise answer to this question ... Read on »

Talk To Your Doctor About Labor Induction by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy It seems that many pregnant couples* drift up to and past delivery due days without having a serious discussion with the woman's doctor about induction. Apparently, some doct ... Read on »

The Problem of Medication Errors by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I have seen many instances where the wrong medication was administered to a patient -- or the right medication was given in the wrong manner or dose -- resulting in terrible c ... Read on »

VA Physician Fails To Appreciate the Gravity of His Conduct by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The physician who misplaced so many radioactive seeds in prostate cancer patients, Gary D. Kao, M.D., has admitted to making some errors, but denies that he violated the stand ... Read on »

Patients Need To Be Proactive About Getting Test Results From Their Doctors by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy She wasn't exactly waiting by the phone, but the call was never far from her mind. Linda was anxious and hopeful. She wanted to learn the results of her recent medical tests ... Read on »

Hearing To Be Held In Philadelphia VA Malpractice Case by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Hearings are being planned in connection with the malpractice committed at a Philadelphia Veterans Hospital involving brachytherapy. Senator Arlene Specter, who has taken cha ... Read on »

How To Protect Yourself Before Undergoing Brachytherapy by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A truly horrifying story appeared in Sunday's New York Times about a cancer unit in a veteran's hospital in Philadelphia. According to the story, one of the unit's doctors, G ... Read on »

Avoid Zicam by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers not to use the cold medicine Zicam. It could cause a permanent loss of smell. Read full story here. Read on »

Beware The Resident! by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy As we walked into the doctors' lounge heads turned to meet us. I recognized faces which just a few minutes earlier had been staring (or perhaps glaring) at me from the back o ... Read on »

Seeking Medical Care Overseas by Brendan Kevenides Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A very interesting op-ed piece appears in today's New York Times about the pros and cons of U.S. patients going overseas to receive medical care. The authors note that there ... Read on »

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