When people feel under the weather, they go to the doctor's office. They expect to receive care, but one study has found that many doctors often give patients too much treatment. According to PLOS ONE, about 21 percent of all medical care is completely...
Why are there medical errors in emergency rooms?
When you go to the emergency room, it's under the impression that you are very ill or badly hurt. Most people wouldn't turn to the emergency room without good reason. America's emergency rooms are in a state of chaos, many believe. The trouble is that long wait times,...
How can hospitals avoid ‘never events?’
One of the most common surgical errors is known as a 'never event.' A never event is a surgical event that never should have happened under the correct circumstances. For example, a surgeon should never leave a sponge inside a patient. Similarly, a surgeon should...
Surgical errors: Not always reversible
The fact about surgical errors is that they're not always reversible. While some patients end up back in surgery to reverse damage that was done, others have no option but to live with the mistakes that were made. Take, for example, a situation where a sponge is left...
Taking action after a wrong-site survey in Georgia
Surgeries, no matter how small, are serious occurrences because there is a lot of opportunity for error. Therefore, only extremely competent medical professionals should undertake them, and they should never treat any with complacency. As a patient, you are likely to...
Common plastic surgery errors
Plastic surgery is a type of procedure that has become increasingly common in recent years, and this means that while more people have been successful in achieving the physical appearance that they want, there has also been an increase in negative outcomes from...
When weight loss surgery errors are malpractice
Losing a loved one to complications from surgery is a heartbreaking experience, and one that nobody should ever have to go through. Surgery for weight loss, such as gastric bypass surgery, carries with it many risks, but it is performed with the intention of improving...
Common types of surgical errors
A surgery does not have to be highly complicated to present danger. Even routine surgeries can result in injuries and even death when health care providers act negligently. While sometimes complications can arise unexpectedly and unavoidably, at other times the...
The difference between complications and medical malpractice
When you are a patient in a surgery that did not go entirely to plan, it is likely that you will have had a long recovery process and wondered whether the traumatic experience that you endured was acceptable under the law. Although things can go wrong in a surgical...
Was my failed back surgery due to malpractice?
When a person is suffering from chronic back pain, after trying other solutions, medical practitioners may suggest that a surgery is attempted to relieve the pain and solve the issue. However, after this operation, many people not only report that the pain has not...