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Law firm loses hard drive with patient records
A Baltimore law firm lost a portable hard drive containing information about its cases, including medical records for 161 stent patients suing cardiologist Dr. Mark G. Midei, a firm client, for alleged malpractice at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson....Tags: Justice System, Judges, Legal Service, Litigation, General Practitioners
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Lawyer's office loses hard drive with patient information: Naughty Business of the Week
The 161 patients of Dr. Mark G. Midei who are party to a malpractice suit against the cardiologist may have had their personal information compromised as a result of the security practices of a Baltimore law firm, reports Tricia Bishop.
According to the...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Business Enterprises, Malpractice
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St. Joseph hospital seeks strategic partnership
St. Joseph Medical Center is looking to partner with other hospitals as it continues to lose patients and revenue in the wake of problems with its lead cardiologist — a move that experts say might even lead to a merger.
The Towson hospital has...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), St. Joseph Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care
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Cardiologist's license revoked over accusations of placing unneeded stents
The Maryland Board of Physicians revoked the medical license of Dr. Mark G. Midei on Wednesday, finding that the Towson cardiologist falsified patient records in order to justify unnecessary and expensive cardiac stent procedures.
"Dr. Midei's violations...Tags: Health, Corporate Crime, Justice System, Medical Procedures and Tests, Chicago Hotels
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Where are the results of the investigation of cardiac cath labs?
Regardless of whether Dr. Mark Midei and others may have performed inappropriate stent procedures, the state and Maryland hospitals have not yet agreed to require mandatory accreditation of cardiac cath labs and outside peer review. These were strong...Tags: Elections, Maryland, Colleges and Universities, Cardiologists
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New study scrutinizes heart stent procedures
A new study of more than 500,000 cardiac patients who underwent recent cardiac stent or angioplasty procedures in the United States has found that up to 15 percent were either unnecessary or appeared to be of uncertain medical benefit.
However, nearly...Tags: Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Human Body
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Cardiologist defends himself at license hearing
The Towson cardiologist accused of placing cardiac stents into patients who didn't need them had a chance to defend himself Wednesday before the Maryland Board of Physicians, which is deciding whether the doctor should retain his license. The board...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, St. Joseph Medical Center, Health, Maryland, Hospitals and Clinics
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Doctor's use of unnecessary stents raises question of informed consent
Your article about the Physician's Board revoking Dr. Mark Midei's license to practice neglected to mention the question of whether he obtained his patients' informed consent ("Cardiologist's license revoked for unnecessary stent operations," July 14)....Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Maryland, Cardiologists, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Union Memorial Hospital, cardiac lab chief sued over stent
Union Memorial Hospital and the chief of its cardiac catheterization lab have been sued by a woman who claims that she unnecessarily had stents placed in her arteries, and that her recurring chest pains were later diagnosed as stemming from a stomach...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, St. Joseph Medical Center, Litigation, Hospitals and Clinics, File Sharing
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State redistricting panel to host Towson hearing in August
Brian Boston, chef at the Milton Inn in Sparks, and Larry Wilhelm, owner and president of Friendly Farm Restaurant in Upperco, were recognized by Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on June 27 for their achievements in Maryland's restaurant...Tags: Health, Corporate Crime, Annapolis, Justice System, Executive Branch
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Eastern Shore doctor convicted of criminal charges in stent case
A federal jury convicted a retired Eastern Shore cardiologist Tuesday of health care fraud and related charges for placing unnecessary coronary stents in the arteries of dozens of patients, then billing private and public insurers hundreds of thousands of...Tags: Health, Corporate Crime, Justice System, Medical Procedures and Tests, Prosecution
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Salisbury stent doctor sentenced to federal prison
John R. McLean, a Salisbury physician, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison Thursday, making him the second cardiologist in the country to face incarceration for implanting unnecessary coronary stents in dozens of patients, then fraudulently...Tags: Prisons, Health and Medical Professionals, St. Joseph Medical Center, Health, Corporate Crime
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