Reading the notes generated from your medical visit can help you stay on top of your own health, including catching errors that may be corrected before harm results.
A recent article found that there are currently 400 instances in medicine where new literature has shown that current medical practice doesn’t work, or worse.
After years of attempting to fix Washington State’s racist and unfair wrongful death law, the association of attorneys who represent victims, along with other interested parties, successfully passed changes which recently became law.
A recent poll found nurses on top of all other professions with regard to their standards of honesty and ethics
In spite of our apparent prosperity, mothers die in childbirth at greater rates in the United States than in any other developed nation.
Electronic Health Records can help attorneys for an injured patient figure out what went wrong.
Providing care to patients with limited English proficiency can be risky without the use of qualified translators.
False-Positive test results are more common than you think.
A doctor telling you to call a lawyer due to the wrongful actions of another doctor is evidence you have a case. But it’s not the whole story.
In an increasingly complicating medical world, checklists can help surgeons and other doctors avoid missing key steps and making mistakes that can cause patients harm.
