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St. Joseph’s Medical Center Fined by DHHS

snyder-wenner · Nov 11, 2020 ·

This month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (St. Joe’s) has agreed to pay a $160,000 fine and 2 years of monitoring for failing to provide a patient with his entire medical record for nearly 2 years.  The OCR determined that St. Joe’s committed a possible violation of HIPAA by failing to provide the entire medical record to the patient.  In addition to the fine, St. Joe’s provided the OCR with a 2-year corrective action plan to ensure proper compliance with HIPAA and grants 2 years of federal government monitoring over St. Joe’s to ensure compliance with the plan. OCR Director Roger Severino was quoted saying, “It shouldn’t take a federal investigation to secure access to patient medical records, but too often that’s what it takes when healthcare providers don’t take their HIPAA obligations seriously.”

A recent JAMA medical journal article found that many healthcare providers, not just St. Joe’s, are failing to follow the HIPAA requirements to provide the patient’s entire medical record. This is a disturbing trend that hopefully will soon be reversed.

World Patient Safety Day – September 17, 2019

snyder-wenner · Sep 16, 2019 ·

As medical malpractice attorneys, we take our job very seriously to protect patient safety. Every case we take, every settlement and verdict we obtain, is to take one step closer to protecting members in our Phoenix community from medical negligence. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is tasked with protecting international public health.

On September 17, 2019, the WHO is holding its first-ever World Patient Safety Day. Their global campaign is intended to “create awareness of patient safety and urge people to show their commitment to making healthcare safer.” According to their data, this campaign is needed due to the following, very troubling facts:

  • Adverse events due to unsafe care is likely one of the 10 leading causes of death and disability in the world. 
  • In high-income countries (like the United States), estimates show that 1 out of every 10 patients is injured while receiving hospital care. Of these injuries, approximately 50% are preventable
  • 134 million adverse events occur each year in hospitals, resulting in 2.6 million deaths each year.
  • Throughout the world, as many as 4 in 10 patients are injured in primary and outpatient health care. Of those injuries, approximately 80% are preventable
  • 15% of hospital expenses are directly caused by treating patient safety failures

There is no question that medical malpractice incidents are on the rise. The only ways to combat this epidemic is to raise awareness on the issue and to hold the hospitals and doctors accountable for their errors. While many people may not agree with medical malpractice lawsuits, they are the only check and balance we have on this very dangerous system. Without lawsuits, hospitals and healthcare systems would run amok, and the number of wrongful deaths and catastrophic injuries would be even higher.

NPR: Medical Malpractice No. 3 Cause of U.S. Deaths

snyder-wenner · May 6, 2016 ·

For years we have been telling the public all of the statistics supporting the finding that medical malpractice accounts for one of the leading causes of death in our country. A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, and reported by NPR, now confirms it.

Based on the research, Johns Hopkins now estimates that more than 250,000 Americans die each year from medical errors. That ranks medical malpractice as the 3rd leading cause of death in our country, behind only heart disease and cancer. The study also noted, however, that the numbers may be even more significant, as the current coding system used by the Center For Disease Control does not account for very important factors that lead to medical malpractice, including communication breakdowns, diagnostic errors, and poor judgment. 

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Common Types of Birth Injuries

snyder-wenner · Feb 24, 2016 ·

In a previous blog, we discussed different tips expecting mothers can take to protect themselves and their babies from birth injuries. However, to more effectively safeguard yourself and your unborn child from harm during pregnancy, labor, and delivery, you need to know which injuries you and your baby could face.

Below, we discuss the most common types of birth injuries your child could sustain, as well as the conditions you are at risk for. Read on to learn which types of injury you and your baby could face so you can reduce your chances for injury.

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Hospital Admits to Causing Serious Birth Injury

snyder-wenner · Jun 23, 2015 ·

Statistically, nearly 7 of every 1,000 births nationwide results in injury to the child. Unfortunately, such was the case for Ben Harman, who was born 13 years ago at Kent Hospital in England. His particular birth injury was caused by the doctors and nurses failing to check his blood sugar levels at birth, despite the clear warning signs that required that check. What’s worse? The hospital did not explain the child’s condition to his parents until four years later.

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