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Drug-switching practices happen and are very dangerous
Another public-spirited drug giant, Merck, was forced to pay a settlement of $1.9 million to 17 states in 1995 for drug-switching practices involving its Medco subsidiary. Medco pharmacists, who had given excessively favorable treatment to Merck products, were thereafter required to reveal their Merck connection to their customers.
Whenever you go to a Arkansas medical professional for consultation
or treatment, it is expected that the doctor, nurse, or physician
will treat you with the top quality the medical profession demands.
Medical Malpractice is a doctor's failure to exercise the degree
of care and skill that a physician, surgeon, or any other medical
professional would use under routine circumstances.
Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiar
1The classification of counties into urban or rural groups is based on the list of metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) defined by the Office of Management and Budget. For the purpose of this table, a rural area of residence is defined as an MSA with fewer than 50,000 resident population.2The July 1 enrollment counts used to calculate fee-for-service program payments per enrollee do not include Medicare enrollees in managed care plans.|
3Excludes Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, in Arkansas
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Information Services: Data from the Medicare Decision Support Access Facility; data development by the Office of Research, Development, and Information.
Medical Malpractice is a serious issue in Arkansas hospitals
and is a leading cause of wrongful death. Over 225,000 people die
from medicalmalpracticerelated
injuries in a single year.
Arkansas Verdicts and Settlements
Arkansas woman awarded $6.5 million damages in aviation accident
(10/27/2000)
Aircraft Accident Claim - When flight 1420 crashed and burned on a stormy runway on the night of June 1, 1999, Ann a Lloyd was sitting at the very back of the airplane. During the crash and ensuing fire in the cabin of flight 1420, Ms. Lloyd was inju
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There are many different ways you or someone you know can be seriously
injured as a result of medical malpractice. The following are several
of the ways an individual can die due to medical malpractice:
Surgical Malpractice
Medication Errors
Bacterial Infections
Birth Injury
Dental Malpractice
Diagnosis Error
Negligence
Wrong Site Surgery
Gastric Bypass Errors
Dental Malpractice
Breast Implant Malpractice
Emergency Room Errors
Elder Abuse / Nursing Home Neglect
There are many other ways to experience debilitating personal injuries
due to medical malpractice and the negligence of doctors, nurses,
or other medical professionals. You can contact us if you have any
questions pertaining to wrongful deaths, personal injuries, or medical
malpractice.
One of the most frequent causes of wrongful death in Arkansas
is medical malpractice. Thousands die each year and this kind
of wrongful death is not filed or goes unnoticed. Contact us if
you think a relative or someone you know in Arkansas has died
as a result of medical malpractice.
Debate over Malpractice Reform
Audio, RM, 44 Kbps, 5:54, 2/1/2005
One of President Bush's top domestic priorities this year is health care. He frequently speaks about medical malpractice reform and is proposing a cap on non-economic damages. But some critics say those types of damages aren't the problem. Source: National Public Radio
Arkansas External Sites
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News about Medical Malpractice cases in Arkansas and nationwide:
Definition:
Damages awarded in addition to compensatory (economic and noneconomic) damages to punish a defendant for willful and wanton conduct.
Medical negligence
Definition:
Failure of a physician or other medical personnel to meet the standards of conduct for duties relating to the medical profession. Those standards are based on what a reasonable person with the requisite knowledge and skills would or would not do.
Res ipsa loquitur
Definition:
The use of res ipsa loquitur should be prohibited in medical malpractice cases because under this doctrine the mere fact that the injury occurs means that the defendant was negligent, although it is not all the time.
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