Medical & Hospital Malpractice

Most surgical errors are so potentially serious to patients they are classified as “never events” – preventable medical mistakes that should never…

March 14 – 20 was Patient Safety Awareness Week.  With some estimates that hundreds of thousands of people die every year in…

A medical safety organization has issued a warning as to the top medical care technology dangers to watch out for this year….

Medication errors are a significant threat to patients every day.  An organization devoted to preventing them just released a list of the…

An exhaustive look at medical malpractice lawsuits tells us that surgical errors are among the top preventable medical mistakes made, and that…

The grades are in and it appears there are plenty of hospitals that, when it comes to preventing serious medical errors, have…

Because of the coronavirus, elective surgeries in many St. Louis hospitals are on hold.  But some surgeries can’t wait.  What are the…

Hospital intensive care units provide the best, most sophisticated care for patients enduring the most serious medical conditions.  But a respected medical…

Dangerous medical errors are estimated to be responsible for the death of 250,000 U.S. patients every year. Medication errors represent a common…

When hospital administrators and safety officials search for bacteria that cause dangerous hospital-acquired infections, they should be sure to look down around…