A growing number of surgical procedures are now happening in outpatient settings. This includes both doctors’ offices and ambulatory surgery centers. Patients often don’t think about how this might affect their ability to recover compensation after an injury until one has already happened—few people go into a surgical procedure expecting a poor outcome. Regardless of…

According to the National Institute of Health, roughly 310 million surgeries are performed around the world every single year. Research estimates that around 15 million Americans undergo 40 to 50 million of those surgeries each year, making surgical procedures and hospital stays a routine part of life for many individuals and families in the U.S.…

Hospitals serve as beacons of healing within our communities, but they are hardly free of the burden of human error. Even as the field of medicine continues to advance and evolve, research suggests that medical errors are currently the third leading cause of death in the United States. These errors come at great personal and…

Every day, hundreds of thousands of people rely on hospitals across the United States for medical care. These healthcare facilities are tasked with caring for people when they are at their most vulnerable. We trust hospitals to prioritize our well-being and care for us when we are injured or ill, but sometimes hospital stays can…

Maybe you’re here because something went wrong during your medical care. You trusted the doctor or hospital, and instead of things getting better, they got worse. Maybe it was a misdiagnosis, a botched surgery, or some mistake that no one will admit to but is clearly not your fault. Now you’re left picking up the…

You trusted the hospital and the doctors — the people who were supposed to fix what was wrong. But here you are, still sick and still searching for answers. Maybe their diagnosis didn’t sit right. Maybe your health got worse, not better. Whatever happened, you’re dealing with the fallout of a hospital misdiagnosis (known as…

Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare professional breaches their duty of care, neglecting to provide adequate care to the patient or providing substandard treatment, resulting in injury, harm, or death to a person. According to the National Library of Medicine (NIH), 75% of medical negligence claims involve surgery, making surgical negligence the most common medical…

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), millions of people in the USA have been suffering from Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), which have become widespread over the past several years. These infections are often spread by improper cleaning and unsterilized medical equipment. Let’s explore key ways unsterilized medical equipment causes infections, provide examples of infections,…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has many potential benefits, along with risks. One area where artificial intelligence is already having a positive effect is in the practice of medicine. AI is helping physicians have a better bedside manner with their patients, providing better documentation, recommending optimal medical staff levels, and even drafting readable medical notes. AI’s ability…

Patients have the right to understand the benefits and risks of every type of surgery they may need. Hospitals and surgeons should anticipate the likely complications that may occur – and be ready to handle those emergencies quickly and competently. Sometimes, patients will know within a few hours or days that something went wrong during…

Patients place their trust in their doctors and hospitals – so it can be hard to tell when doctors commit medical mistakes that justify filing a medical malpractice claim. Many parts of your medical care are so standard that failing to provide this care may be medical malpractice. If your surgery or treatment does not…

Patients can suffer injuries or die when hospitals fail to act competently. Competency involves anticipating health dangers, providing quality staff and equipment, and fully monitoring the care of everyone in the hospital for emergency care, scheduled surgeries, or other reasons. Our medical malpractice lawyers work with hospital administrators, physicians, and other medical experts to show…

Every parent wants their newborn to be healthy and happy. Prospective parents have the right to expect that their OBGYNs and other medical providers will provide competent care during their child’s pregnancy, labor, delivery, and post-delivery. Competent care means anticipating the health risks to both the newborn and the mother and knowing how to respond…

The New York Times recently published an informative article about MASLD, or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. The article centers around one woman’s diagnosis (and eventual death) from MASLD. We thought it was important for our readers to know more about this disease, and why it seems to take so much time to diagnose. From…

Individuals may need to go to the hospital for injuries and illnesses at some point. These hospital visits could be for fractured bones, nausea, fevers, concussions, surgeries, pain, and other sudden and severe situations that arise. However, the unfortunate reality is that when you visit the hospital for any reason, you are in close quarters…

When an individual does not feel well and decides to visit a doctor, they usually trust and depend on that doctor to correctly and promptly provide a diagnosis and successfully treat them for their condition. As patients, we should be able to expect as much from our providers. These professionals must go through years of…