A patient visits the doctor to feel better and never expects that he or she could be hurt. However, that is exactly what can happen if the patient is a victim of a medical mistake. Statistics indicate that thousands of patients are injured or die each year because of...
Medical Malpractice
These anesthesia errors could harm a patient severely
Millions of Americans are subjected to anesthesia each year in order to perform surgical operations. While most of these procedures are completed without issue, a significant number of them result in some sort of medical error that can have serious ramifications for...
Legal help for victims of a failure to diagnose
The unfortunate reality is that medical malpractice can make an already difficult and serious situation worse. For that reason, victims of medical malpractice who have not been properly diagnosed should be familiar with the legal protections available to help them...
How does physician burnout negatively impact patient care?
New York residents trust their doctors to provide them with superlative medical care. When a person suffers from an injury, illness, or other ailment, they may make an appointment with their trusted physician to begin the investigative process to determine exactly...
Med mal suit over stay at psych ward settled after ten years
Medical malpractice claims are not uncommon, and they can arise out of very unusual circumstances. The recent settlement of a medical malpractice claim involving psychiatric malpractice involving a Long Island resident and a psychiatric clinic in Brooklyn may involve...
Patients may recover damages for medical malpractice
When patients visit a healthcare provider, they expect that person to be well-trained and experienced in their field. They may not always understand, however, the risks they can face if the provider makes a medical mistake. Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare...
What are some common types of medication errors?
While people in Brooklyn may not always enjoy taking medication, it goes without saying that some of these medications are absolutely necessary for our good health and well-being. However, preventable medication errors do occur, harming those taking the medication. In...
When can misdiagnosis be a case of medical malpractice?
As much as New Yorkers might think otherwise, when they visit their doctors, the physician is really just giving her best educated professional guess about what is wrong. She then prescribes a treatment based on that guess. The stakes are often high. For example, a...
Three common forms of surgical errors
Surgery is an invasive medical treatment that is performed by specialists in sterile, controlled hospital settings. When a surgeon performs an operation on a patient, they often must, through instruments, enter a body part of their patient to fix or remove a problem,...
Similar drug names caused years of confusion
Drug names can be similar. Without appropriate precautions, this can lead to pharmacy errors that prevent treatment or cause patient harm. There are several ways to prevent confusion and medical malpractice lawsuits from these type of medication errors. Causes Generic...