Medical & Hospital Malpractice

When it comes to providing quality healthcare and keeping patients safe from serious medical errors, bigger is not necessarily better. As with…

As many as 400,000 patients are harmed because of surgical errors every year.  And those mistakes made during surgery are preventable, according…

According to research released last month, as many as one out of every four patients suffer from a medical error every year….

Physicians who show signs of depression – regardless of their experience or lack of – are more likely to make mistakes during…

We are aware of the dangers of distracted driving.  But there’s now evidence that distracted medical care – caregivers providing treatment while…

Twenty years ago, a landmark report (“To Err is Human”) found that as many 98,000 people die from medical errors in this…

Misdiagnosis is a common but serious medical mistake. According to new research, misreading of CT scans – one variety of patient misdiagnosis…

Missouri hospitals rank in the bottom half of all U.S. states for patient safety, with far less than one-third of the facilities…

While one leading patient safety organization recently reported on medical errors made at same-day surgery facilities, another recently published its report on…

The portion of medical malpractice lawsuits filed over problems with electronic health records is relatively small – but is rising as healthcare…