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.

Study links surgeons, physicians, providers not listening to patients to diagnostic errors
medical malpractice surgery

Study links surgeons, physicians, providers not listening to patients to diagnostic errors

Cognitive bias and communications errors are dangerous

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Robert Painter
Laparoscopic surgery: Minimally invasive, but what about the risk?
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Laparoscopic surgery: Minimally invasive, but what about the risk?

Most injuries occur during placement of surgical equipment

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Robert Painter
Federal law prohibits hospital emergency rooms from turning away patients
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Federal law prohibits hospital emergency rooms from turning away patients

After a medical screening, patients in an emergency medical condition or active labor must be medically stabilized before being discharged or transferred

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Robert Painter
Outpatient surgery centers are different from hospital operating rooms
medical malpractice anesthesia

Outpatient surgery centers are different from hospital operating rooms

Hospitals are equipped and staffed to handle complications and emergencies

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Robert Painter
Texas Supreme Court: Facilities don't have to produce policies and procedures before medical malpractice plaintiffs serve an expert report
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Texas Supreme Court: Facilities don't have to produce policies and procedures before medical malpractice plaintiffs serve an expert report

There's a discovery stay provision in the health care liability tort reform statute

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Robert Painter
What procedures have the highest death rates in ambulatory surgery centers?
medical malpractice surgery

What procedures have the highest death rates in ambulatory surgery centers?

There are 570 licensed ambulatory surgical centers in Texas

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Robert Painter
Houston appellate court: Ophthalmologist qualified to diagnose ganglioglioma tumor
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Houston appellate court: Ophthalmologist qualified to diagnose ganglioglioma tumor

Expert report was critical of ophthalmologist failure to perform dilated eye exam

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Robert Painter
New guidelines for anesthesiologists address emergency planning for difficult airway patients
medical malpractice anesthesia

New guidelines for anesthesiologists address emergency planning for difficult airway patients

Trained staff and readily available equipment and supplies are important to patient safety

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Robert Painter
What Bob Saget's death teaches us about traumatic head and brain injuries
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What Bob Saget's death teaches us about traumatic head and brain injuries

Head injuries shouldn't be overlooked by victims or medical profesisonals

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Robert Painter
Is there a difference between an MD and a DO doctor?
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Is there a difference between an MD and a DO doctor?

MDs and DOs are physicians held to the same general standard of care

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Robert Painter