Often when we get calls from folks who have lost loved ones due to medical malpractice, it is in the first weeks and months of
Amid all the news reports about the frontline doctors and nurses risking their lives to care for COVID-19 patients there is the reality that most
Seattle Children’s recently found more mold in its operating rooms, self-reporting the unsettling findings to the Washington State Department of Health in early May. It
Many states have versions of “tort reform” laws that were enacted, in part, to limit the number and outcome of medical malpractice lawsuits. Does Washington have
A recent article noted that many hospitals with special nursing needs are scouring the country for qualified nurses to fill temporary gaps in personnel, including
A couple of recent pieces caught my eye about the puzzling drop in non-COVID conditions being treated at hospitals around the country. Heart attacks, strokes,
What should the standard of care be for national hospital chains? Two years ago, Politico published an article asking “Are we a nation of McHospitals?” We
HELLP syndrome is believed to be a severe form of preeclampsia, or pregnancy-induced hypertension. It’s unfortunate that the name is so similar to the word
I recently wrote on the immunity health care providers enjoy now based on care provided related to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Even without the immunity
Consolidation is not new to health care. The most obvious example is of a hospital buying small clinics to expand its footprint. Those campaigns are
