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Percutaneous Coronary And Peripheral Intervention Medical Malpractice Statistics

July 31, 2023

Percutaneous Coronary And Peripheral Intervention Statistics: A recent study of medical malpractice claims involving percutaneous coronary and peripheral intervention analyzed 89 such cases and found that procedural errors and complications were the most common allegations; vessel perforation was th[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Denies Hospital Vicarious Liability For Medical Malpractice Claim

July 30, 2023

Court Denies Hospital Vicarious Liability Claim: On November 5, 2013, Josef Stelzer saw his regular physician, Dr. Carl Lang, for his annual exam. Dr. Lang practiced through NCH Medical Group, an entity that is separate from but related to NCH. When Stelzer’s electrocardiogram results came back ab[...]

Lawsuit Alleges Physician Responsible For Husband's Death

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Alarm Fatigue Contributed To Patient’s Hospital Death

July 24, 2023

Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Alarm Fatigue Contributed To Patient’s Hospital Death: A Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed on May 18, 2023 alleges that so-called alarm fatigue contributed to the death of a patient who was brought to the hospital with shortness of breath[...]

Study Finds Nearly 800,000 Americans Are Permanently Disabled Or Die Annually From Misdiagnosis Of Disease

July 22, 2023

Nearly 800,000 Americans Are Permanently Disabled Or Die Annually From Misdiagnosis: A study entitled Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA published in the medical journal BMJ Quality & Safety in July 2023 reported: “An estimated 795 000 Americans become permanently d[...]

Megadyne Recalls MEGA 2000 And MEGA Soft Reusable Patient Return Electrodes For Risk Of Serious Burn Injuries To Patients

July 15, 2023

Megadyne Recalls MEGA 2000 And MEGA Soft Reusable Patient Return Electrodes: MEGA 2000 and MEGA SOFT Reusable Patient Return Electrodes are soft pads used during electrosurgery. In electrosurgery, an electric current is used to heat or cut tissue or to stop bleeding. The electric current is gene[...]

Report: Healthcare-Associated Infections Increased During COVID-19 Pandemic

July 7, 2023

Healthcare-Associated Infections Increased During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization founded by large employers and others in 2000 that drives a movement for giant leaps for patient safety, issued a report on May 3, 2023 entitled “New Leapfrog Hospital Saf[...]

AMA Report On Medical Malpractice Statistics In The United States For 2020-2022

July 4, 2023

AMA Report On Medical Malpractice Statistics: Sixty five percent of medical malpractice claims that closed between 2016 and 2018 were dropped, dismissed or withdrawn, and out of the 6 percent of claims that were decided by a trial verdict, 89 percent were won by the defendant. After being similar in[...]

British Man’s Colon Cancer Misdiagnosed In 2016

June 17, 2023

Colon Cancer Misdiagnosed In 2016: A 58-year-old British man, Mark Allinson, who had a prior history of kidney stones, went to the hospital in September 2016 for stomach pain. A CT scan ordered at that time showed that he had a kidney stone in his left kidney. He was sent home after the diagnosis. I[...]

Surgeon’s Age Discrimination Lawsuit Against Hospital Exposes Patient Safety Issues

June 16, 2023

Age Discrimination Lawsuit Exposes Patient Safety Issues: Since the 1980s, neurosurgeon Set Shahbabian performed most of his surgeries at Good Samaritan Hospital, a facility operated by TriHealth. In 2014, at age seventy, Shahbabian sold his independent practice to, and became an employee of, TriHea[...]

Federal District Court Rules New Jersey Medical Malpractice Cap Applies In EMTALA Case

June 13, 2023

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Cap Applies In EMTALA Case: The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Camden Vicinage (“federal court”) stated in its Memorandum Order filed on April 26, 2023: “Under § 1395dd(d)(2)(A), an individual who suffers harm as a direct[...]

Texas Appellate Court Orders Recording Of Defense Expert’s Exam Of Child

June 3, 2023

Court Orders Recording Of Defense Expert’s Exam Of Child: In a three-sentence order filed on April 19, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth District of Texas ordered the recording of the neuropsychological examination of a four-year-old child by the defense expert in a pending premises li[...]

Biopsy Error Led To Unnecessary Mastectomy On Patient In Israel

May 25, 2023

Biopsy Error Led To Unnecessary Mastectomy: On April 11, 2022, Meirav Baר-Hen, a mother of three, underwent mammography screening along with a breast ultrasound that indicated possible cancerous tissue. She had a biopsy three days later during which six samples were taken from her left breast. On A[...]

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