People who head to the emergency room have something going on that requires immediate medical attention. Patients assume that ER doctors are fully capable of making an accurate diagnosis when they arrive.Yet misdiagnoses in emergency rooms are a real problem. In ER,...
Medical Malpractice
Surgery centers: For profit or for patients?
Back in 1970, the first surgery center that wasn't in a hospital opened in Phoenix, Arizona. The pioneers who opened the center had a good thought, or so it seemed at the time. Medicare seemed to appreciate the fact that minor surgeries were much less expensive at...
Could a routine urine test leave you bankrupt?
It may sound like an absurd idea. You go to the doctor for a routine exam, and he orders a urine lab. You pee into a cup and are on your merry way. A couple weeks later, you get a bill in the mail that is so exorbitant, it could run you into the ground.This is exactly...
Premature rupture of the membranes is a scary event
Even though many pregnant women are ready to meet that little bundle of joy from the second the pregnancy is discovered, these women still want to have a full term baby. A normal pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but a woman is considered full term when she is 37 weeks...
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy condition that kills
Pregnant women must be monitored closely throughout the pregnancy. As she gets closer to her due date, visits with the doctor are likely going to increase. This is because she is at risk of serious health complications that can impact her and the baby once she reaches...
How some medical malpractice claims can be defended
On this blog, we focus on the issues that face victims of medical malpractice and how these people can seek justice given the horrible treatment they received at the doctor's office. However, sometimes it is beneficial to analyze the other side of the issue to have a...
Why are medical malpractice lawsuits relatively common among OB-GYN practitioners?
Birth injuries can occur under a variety of circumstances and resulting in varying degrees of harm for the child and the mother. Some birth injuries result in more short-term injuries for child and mother, while others can result in serious, permanent injuries or...
Diagnosis errors can greatly harm patients
Some medical conditions are urgent in nature and require an accurate and prompt diagnosis. Some of these conditions include heart attacks and strokes, which necessitate immediate treatment. Other conditions, such as cancer need rapid treatment as well, to attempt to...
Physicians’ habits with medical records can be beneficial in malpractice litigation, P.2
In our last post, we began looking at how a physician’s habits surrounding the use of medical records can be used to an injured patient’s benefits in medical malpractice litigation.For plaintiffs, it is important to understand that bad results and mistakes...
Physicians’ habits with medical records can be beneficial in malpractice litigation
In our last post, we mentioned that a jury’s perception of a physician’s attitude toward an injured patient and litigation, and the physician’s character in general, can significantly affect the outcome of medical malpractice litigation. This is an...