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• Beware of Insurance Company Behavior During Monsoon Season

  Staff Writer | July 27, 2006 6:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Today I read a press release concerning a trial which started just a few weeks ago against Nationwide Insurance Company concerning its conduct toward victims of Hurricane Katrina. This trial reminded me about what obligations insurance carriers have toward Arizona policy-holders and what remedies are available should you be deprived of the benefit of insurance purchased to cover a loss. If you...

• Medication Errors Cause Patient Harm

  Staff Writer | July 21, 2006 11:38 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Yesterday the Institute of Medicine issued a press-release concerning its report on medication errors. According to the Institute of Medicine, Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 million people every year, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The extra medical costs of treating drug-related injuries occurring...

• Inspector General Blasts Veterans Administration Data Security

  Staff Writer | July 17, 2006 11:25 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On July 11, 2006, the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General released a much anticipated report concerning the theft and loss of Veterans Administration data involving more than twenty-six million veterans. According to the Inspector General, on May 3, 2006, the home of a Veterans Affairs employee was burglarized resulting in the theft of a laptop computer and external hard...

• Corporation Information Technology Priorities

  Staff Writer | July 09, 2006 10:59 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I came across a web site dealing with new technology and corporate mobility issues. Citing the recent computer theft from the Veterans Administration, Thomas Wailgum, who authored an entry on this web site, addressed the fundamental problems associated with maintaining private data while in the midst of a corporate computing mobility revolution. This article highlights the problems associated...

• Channel 12 News Reporter Victim of Identity Theft

  Staff Writer | July 03, 2006 6:42 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Well Rick DeBruhl, a news reporter with Channel Twelve News in Arizona just became an apparent victim of identity theft and decided to write a story about it in the Arizona Republic. His story presents an interesting variation of typical identity theft problems which unfortunately have been popping up more and more frequently. Apparently, this news reporter's identity on E-Bay was stolen and...