Surgical errors are often preventable. Clearly, wrong side surgeries are preventable. In 2002, the National Quality Forum published a list of 28 Serious Reportable Events (SREs) "to increase public accountability and consumer access to critical information about healthcare performance." The list includes a number of common preventable surgical errors, including wrong site surgery (e.g., an operation performed [...]
FAQs: How does a patient obtain his/her medical records from an Ohio physician or hospital when he/she is concerned about potential medical negligence? Answer: Ohio law provides that you are entitled to a copy of your medical records in response to a written request. When a patient or loved one suffers a bad outcome during a hospitalization or while under [...]
Medical errors in pathology often lead to unnecessary treatment or a delayed diagnosis of disease. A recent study in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology found that mistakes occur in up to 3.5% of prostate biopsies that are analyzed by reference labs. This high error rate is attributed to mis-read pathology and also biopsy specimens being switched [...]
Medical malpractice cases occasionally arise out of decisionmaking about blood transfusions. Blood transfusions involve the administration of whole blood or blood products through an intravenous line (IV) to replace blood lost at surgery or due to hemorrhage following traumatic injury. The procedure is surprisingly common; nearly 5 million patients require blood tranfusions each year in the [...]
Malpractice cases involving children with epilepsy are bound to arise given serious deficits in knowledge about epilepsy among primary care providers and behavioral health specialists who treat these children. The Journal of the American Epilepsy Society reports on a survey showing that a high percentage of pediatricians and family practice physicians were not familiar with certain key aspects [...]
Yes. We are a statewide law firm handling medical negligence, hospital negligence, pharmacy negligence, and nursing home abuse or neglect cases in cities including Dayton, Ohio. We handle cases in Dayton and throughout Montgomery County. Sometimes a lawyer will have a conflict of interest that prevents him/her from representing a patient against certain physicians or [...]
Yes. We are a statewide law firm handling medical negligence, hospital negligence, pharmacy negligence, and nursing home abuse or neglect cases in counties in Ohio including Portage County. We handle cases in Ravenna, Kent and throughout Portage County. Sometimes a lawyer will have a conflict of interest that prevents him/her from representing a patient against certain physicians [...]
Yes. We are a statewide law firm handling medical negligence, hospital negligence, pharmacy negligence, and nursing home abuse or neglect cases in many counties in Ohio including Geauga County. We handle cases in Chardon and throughout Geauga County. Sometimes a lawyer will have a conflict of interest that prevents him/her from representing a patient against [...]
Yes. We are a statewide law firm handling medical negligence, hospital negligence, and pharmacy negligence against hospital facilities run by the Veterans Administration (VA) in Ohio. Sometimes a lawyer will have a conflict of interest that prevents him/her from representing a patient against certain physicians or hospitals in a medical malpractice case. We do not. We [...]
Yes. We are a statewide law firm handling medical negligence, hospital negligence, pharmacy negligence, and nursing home abuse or neglect cases in Cincinnati, Ohio. We handle cases in Cincinnati and throughout Hamilton County. Sometimes a lawyer will have a conflict of interest that prevents him/her from representing a patient against certain physicians or hospitals in [...]