Robert Painter

Robert Painter

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Robert Painter is an award-winning medical malpractice attorney at Painter Law Firm Medical Malpractice Attorneys in Houston, Texas. He is a former hospital administrator who represents patients and family members in medical negligence and wrongful death lawsuits all over Texas. Contact him for a free consultation and strategy session by calling 281-580-8800 or emailing him right now.

Texas hospital-doctor conspiracy of silence exposed
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Texas hospital-doctor conspiracy of silence exposed

In Kermit, Texas, Winkler County Memorial Hospital fired two nurses after they filed a complaint against a physician for medical negligence. Once exposed, the hospital was fined and settled the nurses' lawsuit.

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
Pain management: Check your doctor’s qualifications carefully
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Pain management: Check your doctor’s qualifications carefully

Looking for board certification in the pain management specialization is not enough for a patient to ensure the doctor is qualified. Learn the questions you should ask your doctor.

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Robert Painter
'Stat' means 'now': How hospitals bungle urgent CT and MRI orders
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'Stat' means 'now': How hospitals bungle urgent CT and MRI orders

Hospitals can save lives by training their nurses to follow stat physician orders for CT and MRI scans immediately and to contact a doctor when the images are available for review

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Robert Painter
Poor nursing communication causes needless hospital injuries and deaths
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Poor nursing communication causes needless hospital injuries and deaths

Nurse-doctor communication is such a problem that the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requires all hospitals to create policies and procedures to improve nursing communication of critical lab values

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Robert Painter
Painter Law Firm wins medical malpractice settlement of $3,925,000
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Painter Law Firm wins medical malpractice settlement of $3,925,000

Now this teenager's family has the funds they need to care for their child, who was brain injured because of a Houston-area hospital's negligence

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Robert Painter
Rising health care costs aren't because of medical malpractice claims
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Rising health care costs aren't because of medical malpractice claims

Insurance company payouts in medical malpractice lawsuits are at a historic low, yet health care costs continue to rise. This shows that further tort reform is unneeded and would be ineffective

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Robert Painter
Developments in Texas Advance Directives
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Developments in Texas Advance Directives

An issue involving medical futility may come up at any time, whether the patient is young or old, insured or uninsured.

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Robert Painter
Death panels already exist
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Death panels already exist

Although there has been talk of "death panels" during the health care reform debate, we have had them for over a decade in Texas

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Robert Painter