Medical Malpractice Lawyer Cleveland OH In July 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) proposed a rule change to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) that, if adopted, would affect thousands of Americans who are injured by a vaccine. Traditionally, the national vaccine injury program provided compensation to individuals injured as [...]
The rate of medical errors increases with physician fatigue, which should be no surprise to anyone. But a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reporting on the type of errors that occur with fatigue is surprising. The article reports that prescription of unnecessary antibiotics increased with each hour that a doctor was working. For example, [...]
Medical errors may arise as a result of forgotten central venous catheters (CVC), according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The study reports that as many as one in five healthcare workers may not be able to recall whether their patients have central line. Not surprisingly, teaching physicians and hospitalists were more likely [...]
