The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) gave banks final guidance last week regarding overdraft programs and overdraft fees. The new guidelines are intended to ensure customers receive better information about the cost of automatic overdraft protection and also require banks to assist customers in avoiding hefty overdraft fees. The new […]
Study Indicates Preventable Errors in NC Hospitals Not Improving
One in five patients are unintentionally injured by the care they receive in hospitals with little improvement in those statistics with the passage of time. That is the conclusion of a new study to be released by the New England Journal of Medicine the New York Times reports. The study […]
Arbitration Case Could Be Death Knell of Consumer Class Actions
The United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a key arbitration case on November 9, 2010. The case is AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion. The Supreme Court will decide whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit correctly affirmed a lower court ruling which struck AT&T’s arbitration clause […]
Consumers Concerned Over Supreme Court’s Decision To Hear Key Arbitration Case
Consumer groups are very concerned over the United States Supreme Court’s decision to hear a case involving enforceability of arbitration clauses, AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion. As the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court decides which cases it will hear. The Court typically only takes cases in which there […]
Courageous Doctor Admits Surgical Mistake
Admitting a mistake and learning from it is common wisdom, but in the medical field, medical providers rarely admit they make mistakes, leading to a climate of distrust and less patient safety. That’s why it’s important to highlight instances where a medical provider admits a mistake and applaud that medical […]
Justices Appear Skeptical of AT&T’s Arguments in Key Arbitration Case
The United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a key case that could dramatically limit consumers’ ability to join together in class-action lawsuits. At issue in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion is whether federal arbitration law trumps state laws that prohibit efforts to curb class-action suits. The case arose from a […]
Finding the Right Doctor
You may say that things aren’t what they used to be. Finding a doctor isn’t what it used to be either. You probably aren’t going to receive your care from your parent’s primary care doctor. You also may need care from specialist from time to time. So how do you […]
Report Exposes Chamber’s ‘Civil Justice Hypocrisy’
A new report published by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) points out the hypocrisy of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in working to block justice for everyday Americans while frequently litigating in support of its own agenda. The report is titled “The Chamber Litigation Machine: How the Chamber Uses […]
Adverse Outcomes Can Result From Less Patient Contact
Multi-drug resistant organisms are invading our hospitals. To counter this threat medical in-patient medical facilities use contact precautions such as isolation of the patient, gowning, gloving and masking are used to prevent patient-to-patient spread of drug resistant infections such as MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. However such precautions have their own […]
Pilot Project On Medical Error Reporting Has The Right Focus: Patient Safety
WUNC aired a story about a pilot project in western North Carolina that seeks to reduce medical errors through anonymous reporting when a medical provider makes a mistake. This keeps the focus where it should be: patient safety. With all the talk about tort reform in the recent health care […]
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