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Consumer Concerns and Advice Recent UpdatesMay 05, 2008 April 30, 2008 April 22, 2008 April 14, 2008 April 04, 2008 Archives
May, 2008 Web ResourcesChalat Hatten Law Offices
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When you think of the legal issues arising from health care, the obvious association is medical malpractice by a doctor. Yet, as our modern health care system has become increasingly complex so to has the range of malpractice occurrences. And malpractice is not the only legal concern - your legal rights are often defined by medical insurance coverage and subrogation, HIPPA requirements, state and federal benefits, living wills and quality of life issues. For those with a legal question arising from medical care, the postings under this topic provide some answers.
1.2 million Hospital Patients at Risk for Staph As many as 1.2 million hospital patients are infected with dangerous, drug-resistant staph infections each year, almost 10 times more than previous estimates, based on findings from a major new study by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology (APIC), which is released the report on Monday. The author is Dr. William Jarvis, former acting director of the hospital infections program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And 48,000 to 119,000 hospital patients a year may be dying from methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, far more than previously thought, the study concludes. |
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