Medical & Hospital Malpractice

Medication errors are preventable yet injure over 1 million patients in the United States every year. One-fourth of those patients experience life-threatening…

A new report outlines the top allegations in medical malpractice lawsuits involving nurses. Coverys is a medical malpractice insurance provider.  In September…

According to a leading medical patient safety group, diagnostic errors contribute to the deaths of up to 80,000 patients a year.  Another…

Football coaches often call a time out right before a big play, to make sure they have all the players and plans…

Internists generally are physicians who diagnose and treat serious, chronic illnesses, such as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.  Information released earlier this…

A hospital-acquired infection is a potentially deadly medical error.  They largely are preventable, and one hospital recently provided a blueprint for preventing…

In 2017, a Tennessee hospital nurse gave a patient the wrong medicine, administering a strong paralytic drug rather than an anti-anxiety drug….

A 2016 study concluded that as many as 250,000 people in the United States die every year from a medical error.  A…

A patient safety watchdog organization gives only a third of St. Louis-area hospitals its top grade for preventing medical errors that can…

On the heels of 2022 Patient Safety Awareness Week, established by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, another patient safety organization released its…