Medication Errors That Happen On Purpose
Medication errors happen all too often, usually due to misfilling mistakes made by a pharmacist, mistakes...
One Cause of Hospital Infections: Nursing Understaffing
One of the primary functions of a hospital is to provide adequate nursing staffing to monitor...
How Malpractice Claims Improve Healthcare for Consumers
For consumers of healthcare services, safety is the top priority. Likewise, one aim of tort law is...
Delayed Diagnosis of Malignant Melanoma Likely to Increase
I find news stories like this very disconcerting. Researchers at Harvard Medical School report that tanning bed...
Study Shows 1 In 4 Medicare Patients Injured By Medical Error
Medical errors are all too common for consumers of healthcare services. I previously reported that approximately 1,503,323...
Capt. C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger on Medical Malpractice
Earlier this week, I posted an article about the unnecessary death of a 12-year-old boy, Rory Staunton, from an...
Mishkind Kulwicki Law Leads the Way in Limiting the Wuerth Decision
Injury lawyers in Ohio shuddered with disbelief and concern when the Supreme Court of Ohio decided...
The “Malpractice Crisis” is Greatly Exaggerated
The next time that someone tells you that malpractice premiums are escalating and contribute to runaway healthcare...
Dangers Associated with IVC Filters
IVC (inferior vena cava) filters can be implanted to protect patients against pulmonary embolism. Complications from the procedure are rare. ...
