Surgeons and surgical staff members are required to provide patients with a standard of care. Surgeries can result in serious or fatal injuries, but that doesn’t inherently mean that medical malpractice took place. If a surgeon or another medical staff member doesn’t provide the standard of care for a patient resulting in injuries or death, […]
Misdiagnosis errors are all too common. While it is understandable that a doctor might not immediately know what a patient is suffering from due to limited symptoms and a lack of evidence, there are plenty of cases where misdiagnoses happen because the doctor simply didn’t do a good enough job evaluating the patient or because […]
Cerebral Palsy and Medical Malpractice Suits Cerebral Palsy is a group of disorders that causes difficulty using muscles, moving around, and maintaining balance and posture. The symptoms, and severity of symptoms, that someone living with Cerebral Palsy experiences can vary greatly person to person. While some cerebral palsy cases have unknown causes, others have been […]
Medical malpractice is a term that encompasses the many different scenarios in which a doctor, medical professional, or healthcare worker fails to provide appropriate treatment, gives substandard treatment, or omits an appropriate action, and this leads to treatment that causes the patient to experience harm, injury, or even death. Unfortunately, these events are not rare. […]
Medical malpractice occurs when someone in a position of medical authority, such as a doctor, surgeon, or other healthcare professionals (anesthesiologist, dentist, chiropractor, etc.), causes harm to an individual either through negligence, omission, or purposeful action. The medical community has established standards of care that define what is and isn’t appropriate when providing medical care. […]
Summary Statement: As the third leading cause of death in the U.S., medical malpractice is all too common. Discover what contributing factors qualify patient care as medical malpractice, what steps you should and shouldn’t take to defend yourself, and how to get the guidance you need. Did you know: In 2016, medical errors were the […]
Summary: Some doctors hold negative or prejudiced views about their patients—either explicitly or implicitly—that can affect the care a patient receives and even lead to permanent disability and death. Forty percent of doctors admit to having some degree of bias, and 12 million patients are misdiagnosed each year. How should you proceed if you think […]
Summary: Medication errors cause 1.3 million injuries each year. There are all kinds of ways that a pharmacy or pharmacist can be found negligent, from forgetting to conduct a patient review to dispensing a wrong dose or the wrong medication– and the results can be life-altering and even fatal. If your pharmacy has committed malpractice, […]
An emergency room is somewhere people go in the worst and most vulnerable moments of their lives. They hope to be healed and rescued — oftentimes, saved. Unfortunately, mistakes can happen in these environments and the stakes are high. Although you would think an emergency room would be the very safest place for you, ironically, […]
When it comes to personal injuries, the severity of the injury can range from minor to catastrophic depending on the accident and circumstances. While minor injuries can be inconvenient, the sufferer is often able to heal and return to their normal life after a reasonable amount of time. Catastrophic injuries, however, are so severe that […]
