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FDA Receives Over 100,000 Suspected Medication Error Reports Each Year

January 14, 2019

The FDA reports that it receives over 100,000 reports of suspected medication errors in the United States every year. A medication error is defined as any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare[...]

Investigative Report Finds Johns Hopkins Did Not Follow Its Own Safety Rules

December 31, 2018

The Tampa Bay Times reported on December 30, 2018: “Johns Hopkins touts itself as a national leader in patient safety. Its doctors invented a simple checklist credited with saving thousands of lives. They developed a system to reduce medical mistakes through teamwork and communication. They wr[...]

Every 9 Minutes, A Patient In A U.S. Hospital Dies From Misdiagnosis Or Delayed Diagnosis

November 19, 2018

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine reports that “every nine minutes, someone in a U.S. hospital dies due to a medical diagnosis that was wrong or delayed.” According to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one in ten diagnoses are incorrect and most people will experience an[...]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform Claims U.S. Tort System Cost $429B In 2016

November 7, 2018

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform, which describes itself as “the country’s most influential and successful advocate for civil justice reform, both in the U.S. and abroad,” issued a report on October 24, 2018 entitled “Costs and Compensation of the U[...]

BAAPS Reports Brazilian Butt Lifts Have Highest Death Rates Of All Cosmetic Surgeries In U.K.

October 21, 2018

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (“BAAPS”) warned on October 4, 2018 that Brazilian Buttock Lift (“BBL”) procedures have the highest death rate of all cosmetic surgery procedures (estimated to be as high as 1 in 3,000 operations) in the United Kingdom, du[...]

Study Of Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Dural Tears During Spine Surgery

July 19, 2018

A study entitled “Medical Malpractice Claims Following Incidental Durotomy Due to Spinal Surgery” that was published on July 1, 2018 in the medical journal Spine analyzed 48 medical malpractice cases in which the patient suffered a dural tear during spinal surgery. The most frequently oc[...]

Updated Medical Malpractice Statistics In The United States

June 29, 2018

On June 25, 2018, the Center for Justice & Democracy at New York Law School (“CJ&D”) released its 10th update to its MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: BY THE NUMBERS briefing book, which compiles the latest statistics and research on issues related to medical malpractice. According to CJ�[...]

New Study Finds Medical Malpractice Allegations Against Nurse Practitioners Similar To Physicians

April 2, 2018

A recent study entitled “Nurse Practitioner Closed Claims Study” involving 67 closed medical malpractice claims against nurse practitioners (“NP”) from January 2011 through December 2016 that was published by The Doctors Company, the largest physician-owned medical malpractic[...]

OIG Report Slams VA Medical Center In D.C.

March 25, 2018

The Department of Veteran Affairs Office of Inspector General issued a report on March 7, 2018 entitled, “Critical Deficiencies at the Washington DC VA Medical Center” (“Report”) in which it found “widespread and formidable inadequacies in many essential functions at th[...]

Our 7th Anniversary Of Posting Daily Medical Malpractice Blogs

March 7, 2018

On March 5, 2018, medicalmalpracticelawyers.com celebrated its seventh anniversary of posting daily medical malpractice blogs. Each of our over 2,500 consecutive daily blog postings can be searched by word or phrase. medicalmalpracticelawyers.com states on its website: “Medical malpractice law[...]

Iowa Patient Safety Study Reports On Iowans’ Views On Medical Errors

January 16, 2018

The Heartland Health Research Institute published in December 2017 the results of its Iowa Patient Safety Study that consisted of approximately 115 questions asked of randomly-selected Iowans about their views and experiences while interacting with Iowa healthcare providers. The study, entitled R[...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Forceps Left In Patient During Surgery

January 3, 2018

A California woman has filed a medical malpractice case in California in which she alleges that surgical forceps were left in her abdomen during an exploratory laparotomy in April 2017, resulting in the need to have further surgery to remove the 8-inch long surgical instrument and 18 inches of her s[...]

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