You probably don’t worry about your safety when seeing a healthcare provider – your focus is getting better quickly. Unfortunately, sometimes medical professionals act negligently, resulting in harm to the patients who trusted them. If this happens to you, a medical malpractice attorney can help…
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Super Bowl LVII, featuring the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, is just around the corner. As the NFL’s big day approaches, nobody wants to think about the increasingly dark cloud hanging over the league. But concussions are becoming commonplace, and every player who…
People are vulnerable when they are sick and in need of medical care. At the same time, while they feel weak and perhaps out of sorts, they are forced to rely on others for support and treatment. Unfortunately, it can also be a time when…
When you’re sick or hurt in an accident, your health and well-being are put in the hands of medical professionals, and there are many moving parts when it comes to managing illnesses and injuries. From the diagnosis and medications to surgeries, procedures, and recovery, several…
One in five Americans believes they experienced a medical mistake while receiving health care, and studies claim more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors, while others report numbers to be as high as 440,000. No one wants to get…
Medical malpractice lawsuits related to electronic health records (EHR) errors are on the rise, according to a recent data analysis of 216 closed malpractice claims from 2010-2018. The data analysis, which was conducted by the Doctors Company, revealed that EHRs contributed to nearly four times…
This summer, Washington, D.C’s George Washington (GW) University Hospital has faced a higher number of malpractice lawsuits than any of the last five summers. The hospital has been sued four times in the U.S. District and D.C. Superior courts, three of which allege instances of…
Recently, a study completed by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative found that matching patients to their healthcare records is an ongoing problem in medical facilities across the nation, with match rates being “far below the desired level for effective data exchange.” In…
Diagnostic errors are a huge source of preventable medical malpractice injuries and claims every year. Estimates for the national number of diagnostic errors vary widely, with different studies estimating anywhere between 40,000 to four million diagnostic errors annually. Now, a new John Hopkins University School…
On June 3, a federal judge ruled in favor of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a lawsuit against the Florida-based company U.S. Stem Cell, which offers unapproved, controversial stem cell treatments for various health conditions. Starting in 2015, U.S. Stem Cell’s stem cell…
