The latest statistics on medical malpractice claims paid — meaning the lawsuit or complaint had some merit — show that the Tar Heel State had the second highest number of any state in our region. Here is the breakdown from the Kaiser Foundation: Maryland (MD) — 170 North Carolina (NC) — 146 South Carolina (SC)…
After a fight broke out in a ward at Holly Hill Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina (NC), in mid-April, federal investigators cited the psychiatric hospital for maintaining “conditions … so deficient that the safety of patients is considered to be under ongoing threat.” Staff responding to the melee, which lasted nearly an hour and took…
Inadequate licensing oversight of nurses may be putting patients in North Carolina (NC), Virginia (VA) and throughout the United States at risk for serious medication errors and other lapses in health care. An investigation by USA Today and ProPublica found several instances of drug addicted nurses moving easily from or to hospitals in North Carolina….
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