Diagnostic errors happen often, yet many are preventable. A recent article offers some tips to avoid such errors.
Recently, the Florida Supreme Court found, by a 5-2 vote, that caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases violated the Florida equal protection clause.
A recently published article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has shed some light on the availability for treatment of stroke victims, as well as the barriers there are in getting victims the treatment they need within the time when it makes a difference.
Deception is not uncommon between patients and their doctors
Copying and pasting information from one chart note to the next is prevalent and dangerous for patients.
Malpractice in America: often an uphill battle for injured victims.
The economics of malpractice cases often means that victims with limited harms and losses have difficult times finding attorneys to take their cases
Sometimes resolving a medical malpractice or other claim for damages arising from personal injuries is only half the battle. Often the injured person has significant medical expenses due to the negligence of the defendant, and usually the entity that paid for those medical bills wants to be repaid in whole or in part.
The parents of a young child have filed a lawsuit against Swedish Medical Center, alleging that an employee doctor left a guidewire inside their boy after a routine procedure involving inserting a catheter in his leg to give him fluids and medication.
Many, particularly those in the health industry, believe a major barrier to the openness and transparency necessary to reduce medical errors is malpractice litigation. However, it seems the opposite is true: malpractice claims are seemingly improving hospital transparency and reducing medical errors.
