The New England Journal of Medicine concludes that medical malpractice lawsuits do not result in the practice of "defensive medicine." What they do result in is making it more difficult, and sometimes impossible, for patient victims to recover anything for their harms and losses.
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) can be dangerous to patients when doctors and other healthcare providers spend less time taking a history and more time scanning through often repetitive information in the patient’s electronic chart.
Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems can cause serious diagnostic and treatment errors
The Joint Commission’s review of "sentinel events" in hospitals works to understand why mistakes were made and how hospitals can avoid them in the future.
The United States has a shockingly high infant mortality rate compared with other countries.
Group Health recently announced it is ending its relationship with Virginia Mason and will now partner with Swedish Medical Center to provide Seattle-based hospital services.
Because it’s often impossible to properly assess a medical malpractice claim without knowing what the long term damages are, typically it is premature to involve an attorney until the injured person is "fixed and stable," and not still recovering.
A recent article in HealthDay News described a study that showed wide disparities in the rates of obstetrical complications in hospital across the U.S.
Confidentiality provisions in medical malpractice settlement agreements are commonplace. Often this is for the benefit of the defendant, sometimes it benefits the plaintiff, and almost never does it benefit the public.
Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) systems are being implemented nationally, with unfortunate and serious problems that affect the safety of patients and ability of providers to provide safe care.
