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Medical Errors

Does Daylight Savings Time Increase Medical Errors?

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 03 Nov2020

A new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine finds that the springtime transition to Daylight Savings Time may result in an increase in medical errors made by healthcare orders. The study was published in August 2020 by a group of authors including Branu Prakash Kolla of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Mayo Clinic; […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Medical Errors, Medical Malpractice

Queens ‘Pill Mill’ Doctor Pleads Guilty in Deaths of Three Patients

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 28 Dec2019

A disgraced doctor pleaded guilty to three charges of manslaughter last week in Queens, according to The New York Daily News, Indicted on felony charges last year, Dr. Lawrence Choy ran a ‘pill mill’ out of his Queens office from 2012 to 2016. The former doctor routinely prescribed the so-called ‘Holy Trinity’ of drugs to his […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Medical Errors, Medical Malpractice, Surgical Complications, Wrongful Death

Doctor Operates on the Wrong Eye

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 26 Dec2019

An ophthalmologist is facing a lawsuit and revocation of his medical license after operating on the wrong eye. The Chicago woman, Sutton Dryfhout, says she came in for a routine cyst removal surgery and experienced a living nightmare. According to Dryfhout, Dr. Benjamin Ticho realized his mistake after the surgery when Dryfhout was already in post-operative […]

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Blood Infection Outbreak at NY Hospital Caused by Opioid-Stealing Nurse

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 14 Dec2019

An outbreak of a rare blood infection in a New York hospital traced back to an opioid-stealing nurse, reports Gizmodo. According to the technology and science website, six cancer patients developed a serious and rare blood infection from June to July 2018 at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York. According to the website, […]

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New Bill Strengthening Informed Consent Laws for Medical Exams Heads to Gov. Cuomo

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 13 Dec2019

New York may join the rush of states requiring explicit informed consent for patients undergoing medical exams. The new law aims to prevent medical students and residents from performing pelvic, rectal or prostate exams on patients while they are under anesthesia. Amazingly, these medical exams are routinely performed on men and women while they are […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Medical Devices, Medical Errors, Medical Malpractice, Surgical Complications, Wrongful Death

After Losing Out-of-State License, Doctors Continue Practicing in New York

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 25 Jul2019

The New York Medical Board is slow to punish doctors who lose their license to practice in other states. According to The New York Post, the state licensing board for doctors took between “a few weeks to several months” to stop 14 doctors who had lost their ability to practice medicine in New Jersey over the […]

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Federal Government Opens Probe into VA Hospital

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 17 Jun2019

The federal government opened a probe into a hospital run by the Department of Veteran Affairs. According to the New York Daily News, the federal probe is a response to a veteran’s allegations of neglect, medical malpractice, and elder abuse. The local newspaper describes the experience of Gary Zambito, who served in the armed forces during the […]

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New York Hospitals Agree to Hire More Nurses, Establish Minimum Staffing Ratios

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 16 Jun2019

In a major victory for New York nurses, several major hospitals agreed to establish minimum staffing levels for nurses at hospitals. The unions representing the nurses in negotiations had threatened to a 10,000-strong strike at the hospitals if the hospitals did not satisfy their demands. Marc Kramer, the lead negotiator for the hospitals, told The New […]

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Most Common Sentinel Events of 2018

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 18 Apr2019

The Joint Commission released its report on the top sentinel events of 2018 and, unsurprisingly, patient falls and “unintended retention of a foreign body” took the top spot for another year. According to the Joint Commission, a sentinel event is “an unexpected event in a healthcare setting that results in death or serious injury to a patient.” […]

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New HBO Documentary “Bleed Out” Shines Light on Medical Errors

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 05 Feb2019

The new documentary “Bleed Out” provides an infuriating first-hand account of a routine surgery that went horribly wrong and changed a woman’s life. The documentary, which was released on HBO this month, dives into the third most common killer of Americans – preventable medical errors. According to a study released by Johns Hopkins University, medical errors kill […]

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Patient Safety Ratings at New York Hospitals Drop

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 22 Dec2018

Continuing the state’s decade-long decline, New York ranked a dismal 48th in overall patient safety. The rankings, which are released twice each year by the non-profit organization Leapfrog Group, compile data from hospitals across the country and measure the rate of medical errors, infections and injuries, and patient satisfaction, to determine each hospital’s ranking. Since Leapfrog Group […]

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New York Adopts “BSN-In-Ten” Law for Nurses

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 25 Aug2018

New York became the first state in the country requiring all nurses to complete a four-year degree program, according to Nurse.com. The new law, which the American Nurses Association has lobbied for since 1964, marks the standardization of nursing education across the state. Under the new law, which took effect in January 2018, all nurses will […]

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After Dancing Through Her Surgeries, Georgia Doctor is Finally Suspended

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 13 Jul2018

A Georgia doctor who wanted to be known as the “dancing doctor” will no longer be a doctor in the State of Georgia. In a fantastic story by the New York Times, the dermatologist, whose name is Dr. Windell Davis-Boutte, would stop in the middle of her surgeries and perform a dance routine to popular hip-hop […]

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New York Abortion Doctor Pleads Guilty to Negligence in Death of Woman

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 13 Jul2018

A New York doctor who claims he has performed over 40,000 abortions in the state pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in the death of a Queens woman. Dr. Robert Rho terminated the pregnancy of 30-year-old Jaime Lee Morales, who was six-months pregnant at the time of the procedure. After the abortion, Morales was “bleeding uncontrollably […]

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Medication Errors Common in ICU Transfers

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 11 Jul2018

A new report by Christiana Care Health System showed that medication errors occurred in 47 percent of ICU Transfers. The study which followed 985 patients at almost 60 different ICUs across the East Coast who were transferred from the ICU to a non-ICU area in the same hospital or medical unit.  According to the study, […]

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Widow of Glenn Frey, Former Eagles Bandmember, Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 02 Apr2018

Cindy Frey, the widow of late Eagle’s co-founder Glenn Frey, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Mt. Sinai hospital and physician Steven Itzkowitz. The lawsuit alleges the hospital and doctor were negligent in failing to properly diagnose and treat the health conditions that led to his untimely death in January 2016. Frey died at the age of 67 from complications […]

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New York City Paid Lowest Amount in Five Years to Settle Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 28 Mar2018

New York City paid over $123 million last year to settle medical malpractice lawsuits against the 11 city-run hospitals. In total, that amount settled only 198 of the cases pending against the hospitals in 2017. Since 2011, the city has paid an eye-watering $928 million to settle medical malpractice lawsuits. City representatives state that the […]

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New York Highest Court: Statute of Limitations for “Wrongful Birth” Begin at Child’s Birth

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 19 Jan2018

The New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, ruled in favor of two sets of parents who were pursuing a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctors that performed their in-vitro fertilization treatment. The issue before the Court of Appeals involved whether the statute of limitations for the medical malpractice began when the doctor committed the malpractice or […]

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New York Woman Claims Doctor Used Cell Phone During Procedure

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 21 Dec2017

A New York woman filed a lawsuit against a Westchester doctor alleging that he used his cell phone during a medical procedure to take a Spanish language test. Mary Edwards is suing for damages caused by “severe emotional distress” after hearing her doctor speak Spanish phrases into his cell phone during the procedure.  Edwards is suing both […]

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Medical Errors are More Common and More Lethal

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 22 Nov2017

Medical errors are gaining more attention as a whopping one-fifth of Americans admit to having personally experienced one. At the same time, Johns Hopkins University has released a new study that reports medical errors may be the third highest cause of death in America. With America’s healthcare industry continuing to reshape itself, healthcare advocates worry that unintentional […]

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