Many folks have an aversion to lawsuits in general. Perhaps more folks have an aversion to suing doctors and nurses. But there is one type
In response to some patients’ problems with accessing their own records, the Obama administration issued new guidelines recently on patients’ rights to these records.
A new study found that a gene that was known to be related to narcolepsy may also play a key role in reducing the risk of heart failure.
It is usually a good idea to wait to involve an attorney until a victim of medical negligence is "fixed and stable."
Suing health care providers for money might sound to some people distasteful, but it accomplishes at least two very worthy goals.
Mike Eisenberg, son of patient advocate Dr. John Eisenberg, is making a documentary to educate the public about the current patient safety crisis.
The vast majority of people harmed by medical malpractice never file a claim. In those instances, there is no accountability for the negligent actor.
Big business in medical care often means sacrificing patient safety for bigger profits, and counting monetary fines for dangerous equipment as the cost of doing business.
New research on diabetic wound healing hold promise.
The patient harm resulting from dirty duodenoscopes could have been less if hospitals had been more forthright in disclosing the possible problems.
