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Hospital Error Rates For Chronically Ill Children

September 23, 2012

In a study of data regarding children who were hospitalized during 2006 in 38 states in the United States, researchers found that 44.1 % of hospitalized children had a least one chronic condition such as cancer, asthma, or digestive disorders (the researchers found that 22.3% of children who were[...]

Hospital Medical Malpractice Statistics Exposed

September 20, 2012

In a new book written by a world-renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon named Marty Makary, M.D., the author notes that one in six dollars in the U.S. economy are spent in the health care industry, 20% to 30% of all medical tests and procedures are unnecessary, 30% to 40% of total health care expenditure[...]

Diagnostic Errors In Hospital ICUs Cause 40,500 Deaths Annually

August 30, 2012

The results from a recent study undertaken by the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality that reviewed 31 studies that included 5,863 autopsies involving patients who died in hospital Intensive Care Units found that 28% of the patients who died had a least one missed [...]

Four Visits To Three ERs In Two Days Without Diagnosis Or Proper Treatment

August 21, 2012

On July 30, 2012, a woman and her husband filed a medical malpractice case in the Superior Court of California for Contra Costa County against various hospitals including two Kaiser Permanente hospitals, another hospital, and others for their alleged failures to timely diagnose and treat the wom[...]

Hospital Safety In The U.S.

June 17, 2012

A non-profit group of employers and private healthcare experts in the United States has issued a report in which it grades safety in hospitals in the U.S. based on the safety of patients. About 400 patients in U.S. hospitals die as a result of hospital errors every day. Those hospital errors [...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man Who Died From Pulmonary Embolism

February 29, 2012

A man went to a local New Jersey hospital’s emergency room to be examined and treated for chest pains and shortness of breath that he feared might be serious. He was seen in the emergency room by a doctor who diagnosed the man as having a virus. The emergency room doctor discharged the man to[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Due To Wrong Medication

January 10, 2012

A 79-year-old dialysis patient in Florida experienced shortness of breath after a dialysis session. He was admitted into the intensive care unit of a local hospital for treatment. The next day, he was administered the wrong medication that resulted in his death, according to the allegations in the�[...]

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