What happens when you’re hurt in a workplace accident and your employer tries to steer you to a doctor of his or her choosing? Don’t you have the right to choose your own doctor? Actually, you do — at least to a certain extent. According to the rules established by...
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Month: October 2018
Hospitals face questions about maternal injuries
Why are so many women in the United States facing death or permanent injury in childbirth? As one of the nations with the most advanced medical care in the world, the rate of maternal injury in childbirth should be falling — not rising. Yet, American women are finding...
Sharing the road safely with a big truck
A lot of drivers are nervous about sharing the highway with a big rig — and not without good reason! Any accident with a large truck is potentially lethal. There are some things you can do to make it easier on yourself when you’re traveling down a road with a large...
3 ways motorcyclists can boost visibility on the road
Car accidents happen every day in the state of Ohio and cause injuries, property damage and sometimes even death. Of accidents that include fatalities, many involve motorcycles. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, 157 motorcyclists were killed in accidents in...
2 nursing home employees sentenced to jail over patient’s death
Somewhere during the night of Jan. 6, 2017, an elderly woman with dementia slipped out of her Ohio nursing home and froze to death. When the three women who were in charge of patient care that night — one a nurse and the other two aides — discovered what had happened...
Finding the right nursing home for your loved one
Moving a parent or other loved one into a nursing home is often emotionally difficult — and the problems that many nursing homes have with substandard care and inadequate staffing don’t make it any easier. In order to make sure that your loved one is in a nursing home...