{"id":32501,"date":"2009-11-24T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/critical_medical_infrormation\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:55:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:55:38","slug":"critical-medical-infrormation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/critical-medical-infrormation\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Medical Information Kept Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medical malpractice is a serious problem in Georgia and the United States. While limits on recoveries for innocent victims is being pushed by large insurance companies, there are many  issues  that are being ignored. One is the lack of information available to the public about incompetent doctors and hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 years ago, Congress created a federal database to track incompetent and unprofessional health-care practitioners.  The database, compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, includes some 460,000 records of malpractice lawsuits whose judgments total $69.7 billion.  It includes information on 23,788 patient deaths, 8,100 major permanent injuries and 3,896 cases that resulted in quadriplegics, brain damage or lifelong care.<\/p>\n<p>This is information that is critical to patients selecting doctors and hospitals. However,  much of the data is closed to the public.  Although the full database is open to hospitals, managed care organizations and state licensing agencies, the public can view only limited information, such as the lawsuit&#8217;s allegation and the patient&#8217;s health. The doctors&#8217; names remain hidden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/critical-medical-infrormation\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Critical Medical Information Kept Secret\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical malpractice is a serious problem in Georgia and the United States. While limits on recoveries for innocent victims is being pushed by large insurance companies, there are many issues that are being ignored. One is the lack of information available to the public about incompetent doctors and hospitals. 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