The Patient Advocate

The word “tort” means wrong. One would think that tort reform would represent an effort to reduce wrongs. In fact, tort reform, represents a collective

Joe Kita writes at readersdigest.com a remarkable set of interviews of physicians and nurses confessing medical mistakes for the record which either could have or

ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS in a recent New York Times article describes outrageous behavior by the clinical director and medical director of Harlem medical center. Under the

Doctors knowingly fail to cooperate to make medicine safe because they would then be required to practice safe medicine, and be held accountable if they

The March 8th New York Times publishes a remarkably insightful opinion piece by Atul Gawande.  Gawande reminds us of a lesson learned long ago in

Online Journal watch is a publication which surveys medical newly published medical literature and comments on various relevant medical issues. One of the January’s postings

Natasha Singer, in her  recent New York’s Times opinion piece suggests that saying you’re sorry is difficult in the health care industry. Indeed, her article

Gardasil is a HPV vaccine produced by Merck.  HPV, Human Papilloma Virus, has clearly been demonstrated to increase the risk of a woman developing cervical