Category: Medical Malpractice

Maryland residents generally have a lot of faith in the medical profession. But doctors do make mistakes and when they do, the consequences can be devastating for the patient. Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor or other medical professional fails to meet the standard of care adhered to by...

Most Maryland residents probably believe that their doctors have their best interests in mind. Doctors look for the problems that cause their patients' harm and prescribe courses of treatment that are intended to alleviate those patients' suffering. Many doctors take these responsibilities very seriously and work their hardest to ensure that those...

Wrong-site surgery is one of the many types of medical errors that lead to the death of patients, or at least worsened conditions for some. A wrong-site surgery is a surgery performed on the wrong area of a patient, or to the wrong patient. Because wrong-site surgery is dangerous...

Any treatment of an illness or disease begins with a diagnosis. This is the first crucial point in treatment. A single error can lead to other errors that can endanger a patient's life. Unfortunately, misdiagnosis is too frequent in the United States, as some Maryland residents have discovered. Based on autopsy studies,...

Whether you are living in Maryland or some other state, you can be a victim of medical error anytime you receive medical treatment. Doctors, nurses and other hospital and clinic staff members are required to exercise caution when they work with their patients, whether making diagnoses, implementing treatments, prescribing medications or performing...

Medical errors and instances of medical malpractice happen most often in hospitals and physicians' offices and clinics throughout Maryland. However, they also can happen in other places, such as pharmacies and nursing homes. A lack of communication between health-care providers also increases the risk of a medical error. Both medical professionals and...

Georgia residents know that whenever we feel there is something wrong with our health, there are doctors or physicians who can assess our medical condition and give us the best possible treatment. Every time we step inside a hospital, we expect that these doctors will follow this standard of care. Sadly, that...

When a person steps inside a hospital for consultation or other health concerns, that person expects that the health care professionals will provide him or her with the best possible care. Readers in Prince Georges, Maryland, are aware that a medical error may occur when a health care provider deviates from their...

Medical errors, such as surgery on the wrong part of the body, prescription error and misdiagnosis, can worsen a patient's condition or even cause death. Maryland residents probably know that medical errors are identified as "never event" cases, which means that the error should not have happened in the first place. Medical...

Medical tests can determine whether a patient has a condition requiring immediate medical attention. A single medical error can significantly put a patient's health at risk. However, according to a recent study from John Hopkins University School of Medicine, such errors are becoming the biggest concern for patient safety not just in Maryland,...