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.

Proponents of tort reform in medical negligence cases sometimes argue that one big problem that is caused by the threat to doctors of a lawsuit is defensive medicine. One reason this is largely a myth is because it would be Medicare fraud.

Hospitals are being unfortunately incentivised by the federal government to discharge some patients earlier than they should.

UW’s Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering has been granted $16 million dollars to carry out research that hopefully will one day allow paralyzed people to move their limbs.