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According to the Journal of American Medical Association: 106,000 people die each year because of the negative effects of medication. 80,000 people die each year because of complications from infections they incurred in hospitals. 20,000 people die each year because of other hospital errors. 12,000 people die each year as a result of unnecessary surgery. 7,000 people die each year due to medication errors in hospitals. [read post]
23 Nov 2006, 1:10 pm
"A medical study to be released today suggests that high doses of a best-selling drug used to treat anemia in dialysis and cancer patients may increase the risk of heart problems and deaths.Almost a million Americans a year receive prescriptions... [read post]
6 Aug 2009, 7:16 am
Levin & Perconti wants to remind the high number of individuals on antidepressants to be aware of the side-effects associated with antidepressant medications. [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 9:01 am by Jana Croft and James W. Shindell
The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau has partnered with local hospitals and medical services to create a medical tourism marketing campaign targeting primarily Central and South Americans. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 10:55 am by John J. Cord
The president of the American Association for Justice, Anthony Tarricone, comments about the extreme costs associated with medical device immunity. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 12:41 pm by Crocker Law Firm
Social Security announced that $17.4 million in contracts funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act were awarded to 15 healthcare providers and networks to provide electronic medical records. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 6:50 am by Rosenbaum & Associates
Preventable patient injuries caused by medical mistakes cost Americans more than $30 billion every year. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 5:56 am by Hollis Wright
Millions of Americans annually rely on medical devices to either save their lives or improve the quality of their lives. [read post]
20 Mar 2018, 3:51 pm
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that medical negligence—instances when health professionals cause injury to a patients—is the third leading cause of death in the United States. [read post]
13 Jun 2017, 9:21 am by Kevin S. Little
Traditionally a hallmark of success for many physicians, physician ownership of medical practices continues to decline, for now, according to a recent study by the American Medical Association (AMA). [read post]
26 Oct 2009, 12:29 pm by Lebowitz & Mzhen
Survey Reveals Most Consumers Do Not Carry a Medication List, Reuters, October 1, 2009 Survey Reveals Most Consumers Do Not Carry a Medication List: Americans Urged to Get to Know their Pharmacist, APhA News Room, October 1, 2009 Related Web Resources: American Pharmacists Association: APhM, American Pharmacists Month 2009 [read post]
13 Aug 2009, 4:36 pm
The AMA and the American Hospital Association vehemently opposed an attempt by President Clinton to create a mandatory reporting system for serious errors. [read post]
17 May 2012, 5:30 pm
Many aged Americans are reportedly over-medicated and placed at risk by the possible side effects associated with the drugs they regularly consume. [read post]
6 Jul 2018, 1:18 pm by Daily Record Staff
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently presented a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence to the Intensive Care Unit at University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center (UM UCMC). [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 8:25 pm
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines unlawful discrimination to include associational discrimination: [E]xcluding or otherwise denying equal jobs or benefits to a qualified individual because of the known disability of an individual with whom the qualified individual is known to have a relationship or association.42 U.S.C. [read post]
18 Nov 2012, 8:26 am
On Tuesday the American Association for Justice (AAJ) launched Take Justice Back, a campaign to teach Americans why they should care about protecting the civil justice system. [read post]
16 Jul 2018, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Jha’s podcast series, associated with the Journal of the American College of Radiology. [read post]