Medication errors are an important type of preventable medical error that need to be more thoroughly and systematically addressed in the health care industry. Often, medication errors do not have serious long-term consequences for those who experience them, but in...
Year: 2017
Wrong-site surgery can have permanent, life changing consequences
Medical errors come in a variety of forms, but some are more common than others. Some medical errors are preventable, while others are not as easily preventable. Dealing with a serious but preventable medical error can be extremely difficult, not only because of the...
Consult medical malpractice attorney to determine options after medical harm
More and more nowadays, physicians, physician groups and hospitals are recognizing the value in effective physician-patient communication with respect reducing liabilities. Put simply, patients are less likely to sue when physicians and hospitals staff communicate...
Life-threatening shoulder dystocia in childbirth
One fear that some pregnant women have is that their babies will be so big that they can't be born. An expecting mother might jokingly wonder if she will remain pregnant forever. While remaining pregnant forever obviously isn't possible, there is a chance that your...
MI bills aim to prevent errors due to nursing staff shortfalls
Those of our readers who work in health care, or have family members who do, know that understaffing can be a serious issue. This is particularly true in the nursing profession, where nurses are often asked to pick up extra shifts and work overtime to cover staffing...
Lawsuit: Surgical errors resulted in brain damage
If you drive west of Detroit for about 8 hours, you will come to the small Iowa town of Lisbon, near Cedar Rapids. Named after the capital of Portugal, the town of about 2,000 is home to a woman who recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit over surgical errors...
Report looks at high rate of unnecessary C-sections at hospitals, P.2
Last time, we began looking at the high rate of Cesarean sections at hospitals, and the unnecessary risks patients are exposed to when vaginal delivery is low risk. Aside from increasing the risk of unnecessary complications and fatality, unnecessary C-sections also...
Report looks at high rate of unnecessary C-sections at hospitals
Childbirth can involve a number of risks, particularly when a woman has a special medical condition or pregnancy complications. In cases where cesarean section becomes necessary, there are additional risks for both the mother and the baby. In some cases, these risks...
Could patients be safer with a changing culture among doctors?
It may be well known that doctors can be arrogant, defiant and dismissive about mistakes. After all, characters from medical dramas may drive some of this mystique, but there must be some truth to the notion in order for these characters to be believable. Despite...
What is the difference between evidence-based standards and the legal standard of care?
In our previous post, we looked briefly at a policy statement recently published by the American Academy of Pediatrics which calls for non-medical home facilities offering pediatric care to be held to the same standard of care as medical home facilities. In...