Every action has a consequence. It is these consequences that hold people accountable. Medical malpractice lawsuits not only hold doctors and nurses accountable but they also provide compensation to victims whose lives have been changed forever. Medical malpractice caps are unfair laws which limit medical malpractice victim’s recovery as well as giving immunity to those…
When undergoing surgery all the members of your health care team from the doctors and nurses to the pharmacists play an important role in the checks and balances of patient safety. It seems there were several opportunities for at least one of the medical staff to step forward in a recent pain pump surgery that…
Technology and innovation have improved health care in leaps and bounds. One new addition to medical offices is electronic health forms. No longer does a doctor pull a paper folder off a shelf to consult his past hand written notes on a patient’s condition, instead he just types their name into a computer. However this…
Having a child who suffers a serious injury or illness that requires surgery is nerve wracking and terrifying for parents. Thanks to new technology at Boston Children’s Hospital, doctors now can perform practice surgeries with replicas of their patients’ body parts before ever putting the child to sleep on the operating table. Though the hospital…
Have you ever been forwarded a “safety e-mail” from a concerned friend or relative that warns of the dangers of poisonous air conditioning gasses or some other implausible situation? Just like these e-mails that are repeatedly shared, there are several medical malpractice myths that have been repeated so often that many people take them as…