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New Study: 1% Of Physicians Are Responsible for 32% Of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims

January 28, 2016

A study published in today’s The New England Journal of Medicine reported that 1% of physicians were responsible for 32% of the paid medical malpractice claims in the United States over the ten-year period that was analyzed by the researchers. The authors’ reason for undertaking their a[...]

New Study Of Diagnostic Errors Found That They Are Persistent And Cause Patient Harm

September 23, 2015

In a study published on September 22, 2015 by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine entitled, Improving Diagnosis In Health Care, the study’s authors concluded that diagnostic errors (inadequate or delayed diagnoses) “persist throughout all settings of care and [...]

Mexico Medical Malpractice Claim: Toddler’s Wrong Eye Removed

July 12, 2015

Medical malpractice is not only prevalent in the United States, where many victims suffer devastating injuries as a result of medical negligence, but it appears that medical negligence also occurs throughout the world, causing avoidable injuries that forever change the lives of medical malpractic[...]

July 4th Reminds Us That Many Medical Malpractice Victims Cannot Obtain Justice And Equality

July 4, 2015

July 4th, Independence Day in the United States, is the national holiday when we celebrate the birth of the United States and our precious Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence states, in part: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, [...]

Misdiagnosis Of Ectopic Pregnancy

June 30, 2015

An ectopic pregnancy is a life-threatening condition in which the pregnancy occurs outside of the uterus (the womb). In a normal pregnancy, the fertilized egg travels through the fallopian tube to the uterus. However, if the movement of the egg is slowed or blocked through the fallopian tube, an e[...]

VA Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ORIF On Wrong Bone In Foot

June 8, 2015

Imagine going to the hospital for surgery on a particular bone in your foot, and when you awake from surgery, the surgeon performed surgery on the wrong bone. That is what a Navy veteran is claiming that happened to him, in his VA medical malpractice lawsuit filed under the provisions of the Federa[...]

In The Medical Malpractice Debate, Words Do Matter

March 31, 2015

There has been a intense battle in the United States for more than four decades over so-called medical malpractice “reforms” that has received insufficient press coverage and inadequate public outcry, especially since anyone may become an unsuspecting victim of medical negligence at an[...]

medicalmalpracticelawyers.com Celebrates Its 1,500th Consecutive Daily Blog

March 30, 2015

medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, a free website that connects medical malpractice victims with medical malpractice lawyers in the United States, celebrates its 1,500th consecutive daily blog posting. When we began posting daily blogs more than four years ago that discuss current medical malpractice [...]

Cardiology Medical Malpractice Claims Statistics

March 25, 2015

A recent review by the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer in the United States of 429 cardiology medical malpractice claims that closed between 2007 and 2013 found that allegations of diagnosis failure (the failure to diagnose, the delay in diagnosis, and/or the wrong diagnosis)[...]

Taking Time To Talk With Patients May Help Avoid Medical Malpractice Claims Against Doctors

February 15, 2015

In an article entitled “Talking Your Way Out Of A Lawsuit” (subtitled: Good communication is a fundamental step in avoiding medical malpractice lawsuits) that was published earlier this month in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ publication (AAOS), Now, the author s[...]

Survey Results For Recently Hospitalized People In The United States

January 20, 2015

The largest independent, non-profit, consumer-product-testing organization in the United States surveyed 1,200 recently hospitalized people and reported the results of the survey in the February 2015 edition of its monthly magazine. The eye-opening results include survey respondents reporting tha[...]

Kentucky Cancer Clinic Allegedly Overtreated Patients To Increase Profits

January 15, 2015

Two physicians associated with a Kentucky cancer clinic agreed in June 2014 to pay $3.7 million to federal and state authorities to resolve health care fraud claims. Now, former patients are left to wonder if they received unnecessary procedures or had unnecessarily extended cancer treatments in ord[...]

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