When a person becomes ill, they trust that their medical provider will diagnose the condition they are suffering from and provide the appropriate treatments. But if that provider misdiagnoses that condition and fails to provide the proper treatments, it can have significant consequences for the patient’s health. A misdiagnosis occurs when a doctor or other…
The danger of misdiagnosis and medical malpractice in the healthcare industry is alarming, and it is far from a new issue. Over the last few years alone, these errors, which frequently lead to medical malpractice cases, have garnered a lot of attention in the media, putting patients on red alert when it comes to the…
The most-thorough review of U.S. hospital records, insurance claims and medical malpractice lawsuits ever conducted produced an estimate that slightly more than 4,040 surgical errors harm patients each year. Further, the mistakes by surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists and other members of the surgery team were found to be preventable in almost every instance. Patients are regularly…
When many people think of medical malpractice lawsuits for medication errors, they usually imagine the negligence was caused by doctors or other medical staff, taking place at a medical facility. The truth is, however, prescription errors can also happen because of errors on the part of a retail pharmacy. This is the case in a…
On February 25, 2017, actor Bill Paxton died from complications following surgery. The 61-year-old actor, best known for his roles in Titanic, Alien, and Big Love, suffered a stroke two weeks after he had undergone heart surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm and replace his bicuspid aortic valve. One year later, his family has filed…