Two recent settlements resolve claims made against major hospitals regarding inappropriate double-booking practices for surgeries
Electronic medical records have their drawbacks, but mining electronic data can help to find undiagnosed medical conditions
Autopsies are not done as routine matters any more, but can provide critical insight into cause of death where
Some post-operative complications are considered “known complications” or “risks of the procedure” after the fact, which provides a hindrance to plaintiffs proving their case
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is underreporting medical malpractice payments made for negligence of their providers, with long term, donwnstream risks for patient care.
The AMA recently published the results of a study which reveal that stress and burnout is associated with Electronic Health Records.
At least in Eastern Washington, the courts have determined the standard of care to be applied to medicine provided to patients may differ from everyone else in the U.S.
A recent study of surgical errors estimated that as many as 400,000 potentially preventable adverse events occur yearly due to cognitive deficiencies.
After years of litigation and illnesses and death, the FDA is moving to improve the safety of duodenoscopes
Although you might expect that the doctors treating you at the hospital work for the hospital, often times they do not.
