Updates and Insights
- Medication Error Report Paints Ugly Picture
Jan 30, 2015
We’ve talked about medication errors on this blog numerous times before, but we bring up the topic again because a new report is out about medication errors and pediatric care — and the numbers aren’t good. The new report found that an average of 63,358 medication errors occur every year in the U.S. in children who are younger than the age of six. Of those errors, one quarter of them are in children aged 12...Read More - Poor Medical Care Results In Woman Suffering Undisclosed Injuries
Jan 24, 2015
While the following story did not occur here in New Jersey, it does display some unfortunate decisions by a hospital and the inadequate response the hospital and medical professionals had towards a patient with a serious issue. The story involves a woman and her husband, who went to the hospital after the woman complained of an inability to urinate. She had atrial fibrillation due to a prior condition and used blood thinners. As a result,...Read More - Medical Field And Product Liability Are Connected
Jan 16, 2015
You may not inherently think about product liability when it comes to medical care, but the two areas are tied at the hip. There are plenty of medical products out there that offer potent effects and actions on the human body and, when improperly used — or made improperly — they can be a real danger to the patients they are supposed to be helping. Look no further than our last post about a woman...Read More - Iv Bag With Wrong Medication Causes Fatal Condition With Patient
Jan 9, 2015
An incredible sequence of events — including a fire alarm, a medication error, and a patient’s weakened medical state — resulted in a tragic death in a hospital recently. The 65-year-old patient was in a hospital receiving treatment after she had brain surgery. She was supposed to receive an anti-seizure medication, which she did. The only problem was that the anti-seizure was supposed to be mixed with an anti-anxiety substance as well. When the IV...Read More - Defensive Medicine Can Lead To Serious Problems
Jan 3, 2015
Have you ever considered why the doctors, nurses or surgeons that you see make the decisions that they do? Even if you didn’t understand the medical technicalities involved in the decision, it would still be fascinating to learn why they make the moves that they do, wouldn’t it? We bring this up because there is a growing sentiment that medical professionals take certain courses of action and perform certain procedures and tests as a means...Read More - The Frantic Nature Of The Medical Field And What It Means
Dec 25, 2014
Imagine your typical hospital lobby or emergency room. You probably see plenty of patients patiently (pardon the pun) waiting for someone to treat them. You also probably see medical personnel frantically, or at least quickly, moving around to get all of their work done. Records need to be updated, tests need to be performed, procedures are on tap, treatments need to be recorded and implemented. The list goes on and on. With all of this...Read More - Hold Medical Professionals Responsible After A Birth Injury
Dec 18, 2014
The birth of a child is supposed to be the happiest moment in a family’s life. There’s supposed to be a beautiful shimmer of sunlight in the background, and all of the people in the delivery room are supposed to be in awe of this newborn baby that you have just welcomed into the world. There may not be triumphant, heartwarming music playing while this amazing moment happens, but despite all of this hyperbole, the...Read More - Who Can Be Sued When Medical Malpractice Occurs in New Jersey
Dec 12, 2014
Medical errors are costly, to the tune of $20 billion a year, deadly, causing approximately 100,000 deaths a year, and perhaps most disturbing, often preventable. If you’ve gone to the hospital or your doctor’s office for a routine procedure and left with a serious infection, complications, or other injuries, you know all too well how costly medical mistakes can be. When your simple one-hour procedure turns into a 10-day hospital stay to treat a life-threatening...Read More - Medical Malpractice Case Settled For 410000
Dec 12, 2014
A medical malpractice case has been settled after defendant gynecologist failed to recognize and treat a ureteral injury following a hysterectomy. Plaintiff first came under the care of defendant gynecologist after experiencing abdominal pain, and was diagnosed by defendant gynecologist with a large fibroid on her uterus. As a result, defendant gynecologist performed a laparoscopically assisted supracervical hysterectomy. After the hysterectomy, plaintiff continued to have abdominal pain as well as a protruding bulge. Defendant gynecologist...Read More - Cruise Liners Now Open To Liability For Medical Errors On Ships
Dec 4, 2014
What if you were to be injured in a serious fall, and when you arrive at the hospital, the care you receive is so poor that you slip into a coma and, later, you pass away from your injuries? Your loved ones would pursue every legal action at their disposal to hold the medical staff and medical institution responsible for your unfortunate death. But now imagine if this exact scenario happened while a person was...Read More