University of Pittsburgh Medical Center News

Mother Sues Hospital For Test That Led To Child Abuse Probe

A mother is suing a Pittsburgh hospital after she says it collected and drug tested her urine without her consent and reported a false positive result to child protective services, launching a child abuse investigation. This is the second such …

Brain Scans Could Identify Concussion-Related Disease

A brain-scanning technique might one day help identify people with a disease linked to concussions in football and other sports, an illness now diagnosed only after death, a small study suggests. Scans of 14 retired football players at risk for …

Florida Payroll Firm Misidentified, Dropped from UPMC Data Breach Suit

A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employee has dropped a Florida payroll firm from her lawsuit on behalf of workers affected by a data breach. The attorney for employee Alice Patrick tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Ultimate Software Group Inc., of …

Pennsylvania Superior Court Upholds $14.2M Verdict Against UPMC

The Pennsylvania Superior court has upheld a $14.2 million malpractice verdict against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the 2003 death of a 24-year-old accountant whose abscess was misdiagnosed as a brain tumor. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports a court …