Video Transcript I’m attorney David Hood & I’ve been practicing law across South Carolina for over 30 years. Co-counsel and I work together on Traumatic Brain Injury (or TBI) cases and we often get questions about what my legal options are if me or a family member has suffered a traumatic brain injury. That’s what […]
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Video Transcription Hi, I’m attorney David Hood and I’ve been practicing law in South Carolina for over 30 years. And today, what I’d like to cover is a primary area of practice for us, which is medical malpractice, and how do you sue for medical malpractice in South Carolina? Reasonable Standard of Care Basically, you […]
Getting the wrong medication from the pharmacy and suffering serious harm sounds like a nightmare, but it’s shockingly common: according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), medication errors cause at least one death every day and injure about 1.3 million people annually in the United States. So what happens when a medication error […]
Covid-19 has made an already tough situation even tougher. Pharmacists at chain stores are now being pushed more than ever to do more with less. “They’re working faster, filling more orders and juggling a wider range of tasks with fewer staff members at a pace that many say is unsustainable and jeopardizes patient safety.” (NBCNews.com) […]
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death in the United States. According to Brainline.org, 2.8 million Americans are diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injuries each year. Of those 2.8 million: 2.5 million are treated in the emergency room and released, 282,000 are hospitalized, and 56,000 die as a result of the […]
Prior to COVID-19, the use of telemedicine or telehealth was very minimal, and seemed more like a luxury. Many of us are under shelter in place orders due to the Coronavirus; and those who aren’t have been told to social distance, and stay away from people as much as possible, to keep the spread down. […]
For decades, pharmacists were the most trusted profession in America. Though they are still respected, they are no longer the most trusted. Back then, pharmacies were actually owned by the pharmacists; they were independent. Pharmacists normally lived in the community they served, and knew their customers well. They would take their time filling prescriptions, and […]
For the past 70 years, members of the military “have been barred from filing medical malpractice claims against the government” under the Feres Doctrine.(NPR.com) Recently, Congress has made changes that will benefit the military and their families. On December 20, 2019, when the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was signed into law, it contained […]
Each year, millions of Americans undergo surgery. When we are “under the knife”, we expect to have the surgeon’s full attention. Little do we know that our surgeon may be performing another operation at the same time. “The pressure to be more efficient and treat more patients can lead surgeons to schedule procedures in more […]
In the United States, burnout is a huge issue for everyone. It affects 28% of the general working population, according to a recent Mayo Clinic report. Even worse, burnout affects 44% to 54% of physicians. This is a scary statistic, since this puts all of our health at risk. “Doctors who report burnout symptoms are […]