Federal rules prohibit over-the-road truck drivers from using handheld cell phones for calling or texting while on the road. Yet, distracted truck…
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By its own recent admission, the healthcare industry has made some strides in protecting patients from serious and preventable medical errors. But…
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered everyone’s lives and our communities. With statewide stay-at-home orders, Missourians are more likely to shop online than…
For a second straight year, a leading healthcare safety organization identified medical misdiagnosis – a preventable medical error – as its top…
With the number of fatal trucking accidents continuing to climb, there is little evidence to suggest trucking companies and commercial truck drivers…
There are a number of serious medical mistakes that lead to medical malpractice lawsuits, including misdiagnosis, medication errors, and patient infections due…
Some estimates place preventable medical errors as the third-leading killer in America, behind only heart disease and cancer. Researchers at Johns Hopkins…
On January 6, the first-ever clearinghouse for failed truck driver drug or alcohol tests came on line. Since then, in less than…
Read the entire St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial here. If you have suffered economically from dicamba drift, contact Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C….
Preventable medical errors have been estimated to be the third leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for the deaths…
It’s been more than a dozen years since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued the findings of its study on the…
Truck driver negligence – such as speeding or driving distracted – is a leading cause of fatal truck accidents. But there’s another…
Some estimates place hospital-acquired infections as the eighth leading cause of death in the United States. Are copper beds the answer to…
Truckers driving drunk or under the influence of illegal drugs can cause catastrophic crashes. Beginning next year, there will be a new,…
A new partner has publicly joined the movement to end preventable medical errors that lead to the deaths of hospital patients. In…
The driving public has spoken. It says that commercial truck drivers are dangerous. That is the overarching finding of a new survey,…
According to a leading patient safety organization, more than six out of 10 surgeries are now performed in outpatient facilities. But just…
An agency funded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and other transportation entities published a list of actions this year that…
In a dire medical emergency, patients may be given a breathing tube to help save their lives. However, mistakes made by medical…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reported that more than 4,700 people died in crashes involving large commercial trucks, such as tractor-trailers,…
Surgeon operating on the wrong part of a patient’s body. Administering the wrong medicine or giving the right medicine but in the…
An independent, nonprofit group dedicated to safer motor vehicle travel earlier this year relayed to Congress what it sees are major causes…
Before undergoing an operation that is deemed risky, a good idea is to find out first how often that hospital has performed…
The federal government recently released a preliminary estimate that the number of people killed in trucking accidents will rise by 3 percent…
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