Medical Malpractice Articles

A major contributor to serious medical errors is never as present as it is now, during the current COVID-19 pandemic: a lack…

When it comes to preventing dangerous surgical errors, a leading health safety organization says it’s time for patients and their families to…

There is now a national plan to reduce the dangerously high number of preventable medical errors patients suffer from every day.  But…

When it comes to serious medication errors, the failure to follow the five patient rights can lead to one consequential – even…

There’s no substitute for experience, especially in healthcare.  If current trends hold, there will be many more inexperienced nurses in the years…

Electronic health records are supposed to improve the safety of healthcare.  But a new study shows they are missing a significant amount…

By its own recent admission, the healthcare industry has made some strides in protecting patients from serious and preventable medical errors.  But…

For a second straight year, a leading healthcare safety organization identified medical misdiagnosis – a preventable medical error – as its top…

There are a number of serious medical mistakes that lead to medical malpractice lawsuits, including misdiagnosis, medication errors, and patient infections due…

Some estimates place preventable medical errors as the third-leading killer in America, behind only heart disease and cancer. Researchers at Johns Hopkins…

Preventable medical errors have been estimated to be the third leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for the deaths…