When you check into the hospital you expect the medical team to make your condition better. Generally, this is precisely what happens. Unfortunately, there are occasions when things don’t go according to plan. Every year over 1 million patients are impacted by...
An adverse outcome doesn’t always mean malpractice
Negative outcomes do occur in the medical industry. Not every patient gets the results they are hoping for. Someone may get treated for cancer but still pass away from the disease, for example. A doctor may put in a stent after a heart attack, but the patient may have...
Surgical “never” events lead to great patient harm
People who need surgery expect their surgeon to do their best to ensure the procedure is a success. While there aren’t any guarantees for surgical outcomes, surgeons are expected to uphold the standard of care and follow proper protocol during the procedure. There...
Can a Georgia doctor’s apology be used as evidence of guilt?
For many years, doctors were afraid to offer anything that resembled an apology for a mistake – whether it was a failure to diagnose a condition sooner, a treatment that only made a patient worse or a surgical error. That’s because they feared that even an expression...
Did your doctor fail to secure informed consent before surgery?
There are no guarantees in medical practice. A procedure that has had a 0% complication rate for a physician historically could result in catastrophic failure one day. As a patient, you need to have accurate information so that you can decide what treatment to...
How long do you have to claim medical malpractice in Georgia?
When a healthcare provider fails to provide appropriate treatment and causes an injury or death to a patient, it is referred to as medical malpractice. If you are a victim, the law provides recourse, and you have a right to be compensated for the harm you suffered....
How common are medication errors that cause issues for patients?
Managing medications isn't always easy, but you would expect that medical professionals are better at it than you are as a patient. It is true that some people do make mistakes while administering their own prescription drugs. However, there are also thousands of...
Victims of medical errors may have a right to compensation
Medical malpractice happens when a health care professional or other provider makes errors that harm a patient. Those errors can be anything from failing to provide the appropriate treatment to giving a substandard treatment that causes substantial harm. Misdiagnoses...
What are the restrictions on military medical malpractice claims?
For decades, federal law and court precedent have effectively prevented military service members from taking legal action against the government because of injuries that they suffered in the line of duty. Under the Feres Doctrine, injured soldiers and grieving...
3 types of wrong-site surgery
Imagine that you go in for surgery on your left knee. You have been having problems with it for some time and you can often barely walk. You're excited to get it fixed. Everything seems fine before the surgery, and they put you under to do the procedure. Then you wake...