From the Post and Courier. Patients can make choices about which hospital they use based on many factors, including advertisements on billboards and signs on the back of city buses. While annual hospital rankings published in magazines like U.S. News & World Report and Consumer Reports offer conflicting advice on the best places to seek […]

A jury in Charleston, South Carolina today awarded $50,000,000.00 in an automobile accident death case.  I believe this is the largest verdict in South Carolina history in a personal injury lawsuit. The case involved a wrongful death claim brought by a woman whose husband was killed five years ago by a driver who ran a red-light, […]

In a new Gallup poll, in which Americans were asked to rate the honesty and ethical standards of members of various professions, nursing home operators scored as only thirty-two percent being honest or ethical. This is actually an all time high for nursing home operators, up from the 26% rating a few years ago. I am […]

Nurses who experience impairments due to fatigue, loss of sleep, and inability to recover between shifts are more likely than unimpaired nurses to report decision regret according to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.  In a study that was released, over 600 nurses were interviewed. Mistakes such as failing to follow care plans, failing to supervise, […]

by A.C. Thompson ProPublica, Dec. 31, 2013, 2:54 p.m. The one-story beige building on Southwest Hill Road in McMinnville, Ore. 2013 an old mill town between Portland and Salem 2013 has seen plenty of trouble over the years of its operation as an assisted living facility. Two men have been jailed for committing sex crimes […]

Elizabeth Leis Newman – McKnights Despite one’s best intentions for 2014, there will be days when you feel like you are failing your residents, your coworkers, your family or yourself. This is a part of life, but do not fear. The pageviews on McKnight’s lawsuit stories reflect that people both want to know what to look out […]