Hospitals have been through a lot since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the most prominent issues currently being faced in the healthcare industry is the nursing shortage and subsequent burnout of remaining hospital staff. While the issue is often taken at face value, the actual consequences of the phenomenon are much more […]
Medical malpractice comes in many forms in the United States. People sometimes may get injured after a surgery, but they don’t know the real reason for their suffering because the doctor decided to keep this terrifying surgical error a secret. Or, people may die in a hospital after being given the wrong amounts of medication […]
Your surgical error case may have happened something like this: You went to the hospital to receive what you thought was a routine hernia surgery. Your surgeon said that everything went according to plan and you may feel a little bit of pain for a few days as you continued to heal. After you went […]
Numerous instances of medical malpractice happen in Pennsylvania and throughout the nation, most likely on a daily basis, but the vast majority of these malpractice events remain unexplored. In a lot of the cases, they go unexplored because nobody suffered serious injury. When a patient doesn’t get hurt, the patient won’t have a claim. Imagine […]
Medical negligence can range from emergency room errors, to misdiagnoses, up to hospital errors. Unfortunately, it has been estimated that medical negligence ranks third among the causes of death of Americans, after heart disease and cancer. Considering the statistics, it is important for Philadelphia residents to know more about medical negligence and medical malpractice cases. […]
Time is precious for all health-care employees, but especially for physicians who evaluate and treat many patients every day. Although Pennsylvanians might think there are enough doctors in the state’s hospitals to attend to their medical needs, they might be wrong. In fact, one national study earlier this year discovered that too few doctors means […]
Of the many types of medical errors that have made headlines in the U.S. including in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose is considered the most common type. Despite its frequentness, it is an error that can result in severe consequences for a patient. Every treatment, medication and medical procedure received by a patient […]
Many medical malpractice cases in Pennsylvania, like elsewhere in the country, often involve medication errors, hospital mistakes and delayed diagnoses of diseases such as cancer. But sometimes other forms of error such as misdiagnosis can take something just as valuable as a life — time. Recently, a 52-year-old Nebraska man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit […]
It has been reported that medical malpractice cases in Pennsylvania have been declining in recent years. The number of cases has declined by approximately ten percent in 2012 from the previous year. Our state has also seen a decline in the number of cases since 2002 just prior to Pennsylvania implementing a number of changes […]