As readers of this blog may know, we participated in a 5+ week all-Zoom trial in May and June of 2021, resulting in a significant
The Leapfrog Group announced its 2021 hospital grades recently, including from Washington State. How did your hospital fare? These grades are based on how safe
It is not uncommon for us to get frantic calls from hospitalized patients or their loved ones, desperate for help either to compel some treatment
As was recently posted on our blog, I had the privilege of co-editing the recent update of what is believed to be one of the
Although expected since the summer, now it is official: Seattle-based Virginia Mason is folded into CommonSpirit Health, a massive national health care system which includes
Capitalism has many benefits. Some might argue that the singular focus of profits might be misplaced in the field of health care. But, until we
If you have never had occasion to call an attorney, congratulations! For those of you who have, and who have considered bringing a claim against
I was speaking (in person, outside, masked up, more than 6 feet away) with a friend of mine the other day, a physician in the
There are innumerable ways in which a victim of medical malpractice can lose his or her case. Time limits, a lack of evidence to prove
Some folks are lucky to have never needed to contact an attorney. Other folks have had something terrible happen to them or a loved one
