Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice is one of the most dangerous issues facing our developing society today. Even those we turn to when we’re unhealthy make mistakes from time time, and it could affect your quality of life. If this has happened to either you, or someone you know, odds are you may be entitled to a financial…

As long as there are people being hurt, neglected, or otherwise adversely affected by doctors and medical professionals, there will be medical malpractice lawyers waiting to defend your rights and offer services for fair restitution. That is, unless certain new policies come to fruition. According to the Portland Press Herald, Maine is one of a…

Medical malpractice lawyers don’t typically spend a lot of their time determining why medical malpractice negligence might have occurred, but rather if and when it did. This sort of information can be of great value though to patients, potential clients, and ultimately our team of some of the best medical malpractice lawyers NYC has to…

A medical malpractice attorney specializes in securing damages (usually monetary) for patients that suffer an injury (or even death) when a medical professional fails to perform his or her medical duties due to negligence. It appears there will be plenty of work for medical malpractice lawyers in the state of Indiana for the foreseeable future…

While hospitals are providers of both inpatient and immediate medical care, urgent care facilities cater to patients that only require brief minor treatments. In fact, more individuals have their illnesses diagnosed in urgent care facilities. This amounts to 950 million visits in doctor’s offices per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

In 2014, more than $12 billion were spent on surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASASPS). Although most plastic surgeries had been safe, there were victims of bad surgery who suffered botched results due to the provider’s negligence or inadequate training.

In their code of ethics, it is stated that nurses’ role in healthcare is to provide optimal care and to help in promoting and protecting the safety and health of patients. Unfortunately, hospital and treatment errors, including those involving nurses, are still considered a serious problem in the United States.

It’s bad enough that someone has a medical condition, but sometimes this can be made even worse by pharmacy errors. There are times when pharmacies give the wrong medication or the wrong dosage, which would spell bad news for the patient. According to MedicineNet, “Approximately 1.3 million people are injured annually in the United States…

According to an article posted on Live Science, a study in 2014 showed that “At least one in 20 U.S. adults, or 12 million people yearly, may be misdiagnosed when they go to see their doctors […]”. An incorrect diagnosis would lead to an incorrect or delayed treatment, which can ultimately make the patient’s condition…