Updates and Insights: Hospital Negligence
- Damages for Medical Malpractice Claims in New Jersey
Sep 16, 2016
What Damages are Available to Victims of Medical Malpractice in New Jersey? When you or someone you love has been injured as a result of negligence by a doctor, hospital, or another medical professional, you are entitled to pursue compensation, also known as “damages.” There are two types of damages that a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action may recover, called compensatory damages and punitive damages. In this article, we will thoroughly examine both compensatory...Read More - Hospital Filming, Patient Privacy, and Medical Malpractice
Sep 11, 2016
A $2.2 million settlement was reached between the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, over filming for a television documentary that disclosed the medical information of two patients without obtaining their consent. Specifically, the hospital allowed the ABC Network crew for “NY Med” to film a dying patient and another patient in significant distress. The settlement agreement provides for monitoring of the hospital by the Office of...Read More - Intubation Errors and Medical Malpractice
Sep 3, 2016
Understanding Intubation Errors and Related Injuries in New Jersey Ideally, anesthesiologists administer safe and effective drugs to patients prior to undergoing serious surgical procedures. Unfortunately, intubation errors and anesthesia errors may occur in a variety of situations, despite assumptions that complications are isolated to hospital surgeries. For example, these errors may also occur in urgent care facilities, dentist’s offices, or surgery centers. Although relatively commonplace, the use of intubation can lead to profound complications and permanent harm...Read More - The Risks of Double-Booked Surgery
Aug 28, 2016
The possibility of surgery, especially the potential for errors during surgery, can be stressful and daunting. Risks may be present, even for minor surgery. A patient normally puts his/her faith in a surgeon, believing that person to be trustworthy and completely focused on them during the surgery. Although a reasonable expectation, that may not always be the case. It is possible that the surgeon supervising your procedure could be operating on another patient, during your...Read More - CDC Puts $26 Million Toward Patient Safety Research to Prevent Hospital Infection
Aug 12, 2016
Recently, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) committed $26 million to new research aimed at preventing hospital infections and improving patient safety in medical settings throughout the country. This initiative, known as the Prevention Epicenters Program, will be spearheaded by five major academic medical centers between 2016 and 2020. The goal of the research is to craft and experiment with innovative approaches to improving patient safety, with a particular focus on the prevention...Read More - New York Hospital Combats Medical Errors with Video Surveillance
Jul 22, 2016
When you take a look at medical errors in the United States, the numbers are astounding. According to the Journal of Patient Safety, medical errors result in approximately 400,000 deaths each year. So, what to do? How can hospitals and the medical professionals who work within them prevent these errors and their devastating results? One hospital in New York is leveraging technology, specifically video surveillance, to monitor and improve patient care in an effort to cut...Read More - New Study Cites Medical Error as Third Leading Cause of Death Among Americans
May 6, 2016
A landmark study, conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, indicates that medical error is now the third-leading cause of death in the United States, resulting in the untimely deaths of 251,000 Americans each and every year. The aforementioned study published in the BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal, investigated medical error, a phenomenon that is not included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) annual reports of the most common causes...Read More - U.S. Senate Report Cites FDA, Hospitals, Manufacturers for Inadequate Safety of Medical Devices Linked to “Superbug” Outbreaks
Jan 16, 2016
After an extensive investigation, the United States Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee recently issued a report implicating medical device manufacturers, hospitals, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the hundreds of illnesses and deaths involving antibiotic-resistant bacteria linked to endoscope medical devices. Multiple endoscope manufacturers have affirmed their commitment to patient safety, but this issue may provide grounds for significant product liability lawsuits involving medical device failure to warn. Similarly, hospitals that...Read More