Hand-offs – patient information communicated from one provider to another – are a source of many errors that lead to patient injury. A new study and associated solution is hoping to cut those errors and increase patient safety.
There are real and obvious hazards to patients of electronic health records (EHR).
Every year, patients are misdiagnosed approximately 12 million times.
The Affordable Care Act will increase the number of insureds in our society, and this will likely change the way in which we receive our healthcare.
Diagnostic errors happen often, yet many are preventable. A recent article offers some tips to avoid such errors.
Many potential clients who contact us about a case emphasize that, in their case, the medical negligence was clear or egregious. Of course, proving that a medical provider was negligent is the first step in a case. But the second step – proving causation – is often the more difficult burden to meet.
