Medical & Hospital Malpractice

Emergency rooms are often times fast-paced, hectic, and stressful workplaces.  It’s not surprising, then, to learn that three out of every four…

Preventable medical errors are estimated to be the third leading cause of death in the United States. They recently have been blamed…

Parents understandably worry greatly when their young children are sick or severely injured. Just imagine the anguish when their children suffer serious…

Medication errors are a common and very serious form of preventable medical mistakes.  How are such errors made and how can medication…

How does a serious medical error happen – one so severe that it leads to a patient’s death?  Often times the answer…

The 2019 Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 10 through March 16. Given that medical errors are estimated to be the third…

The number of medical malpractice lawsuits with multi-million-dollar payments to victims has risen significantly over the last 10 years in the United…

Medical errors constitute the third leading cause of death in the United States.  It’s been estimated that a doctor’s misdiagnosis is the…

Electronic health records, technology to help make healthcare safer, may be causing a serious medical error harming young patients. An electronic health…

Medical errors that harm patients can be caused by poor communication between healthcare providers and patients and their families. That’s the conclusion…