Medical & Hospital Malpractice

It’s estimated that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. But what causes medical mistakes that…

Children are continuing to be harmed in hospitals by events that should rarely take place but for a preventable mistake. An adverse…

Each day, one out of every 25 hospital patients in the United States suffers a catastrophic infection. As a result, 90,000 patients…

Nursing home residents and their loved ones often face unsettling times.  The medical care they receive tops the list of such worries. …

Fires that seriously burn or kill surgical patients can and do break out in operating rooms. This preventable medical error happens more…

There is a plan to address the nation’s deadly opioid crisis.  However, it appears that a significant number of medical professionals are…

The rate of drug errors for pediatric hospital patients is much higher than for adult hospital patients.  There is now a plan…

In their attempts to be more cost efficient and boost their bottom lines, hospitals also may endanger their patients. Corporations often merge…

Problems with electronic health records – both in their design and how healthcare providers use them – can lead to serious medical…

Medical errors reportedly are the third largest cause of death in the United States.  According to a leading medical research organization, a…