Health, Safety & Personal Injury Law Blog
July 29, 2016 • Health Care Safety,Medical Malpractice
Best West Virginia and U.S. Hospitals 2015-2016: U.S. News
The U.S. News Best Hospitals Annual Rankings: What it Means and When it Matters “The mission of the Best Hospitals annual rankings, now in their 26th year, is to help guide patients whose care poses a challenge because their surgery or other treatment may be especially complex, or because their risk may be heightened due to advanced…
read moreJuly 9, 2015 • Community Help WV,Medical Malpractice
West Virginia’s Opiate Epidemic, Lobbying, Big Pharma and the Attorney General
West Virginia has the highest rate of drug overdoses in the nation. “Pill mill” doctors and pharmacies are alleged to have distributed hundreds of thousands of doses of prescription pills to West Virginians. While several of these facilities have been closed due to rule violations and other misconduct, support services in West Virginia are lacking and…
read moreJune 12, 2015 • Attorney Tips,Health Tips,Medical Malpractice,Nursing Home Information Center
11 Steps to Protecting Yourself Against Medical Errors and Taking Control of Your Health Care
Steps to Safer Health Care in West Virginia According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, patient safety is one of the Nation’s most pressing health care challenges. A 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine estimates that as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year because of…
read moreMay 12, 2015 • Community Help WV,Medical Malpractice,Pain Relief,Wrongful death laws in West Virginia
West Virginia Pain Killer Epidemic and Pill Mills
In West Virginia, the abuse of prescription painkillers has become an epidemic, and our state leads the nation in drug overdoses. But why? Where are these pills coming from and why is it so bad in West Virginia? Pill Mill Pharmacies and Doctors in West Virginia Throughout West Virginia, several “pill mill” doctors and pharmacies…
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Lance Bork 
