One thing we trust doctors to do is to avoid prescribing and carrying out medical treatments that we do not need.Sometimes, though, unnecessary medical procedures are carried out due to misdiagnosis or another failure on the part of medical providers, and the result...
Year: 2017
Jury finds doctor, hospital negligent in medical malpractice case
Far from us in San Antonio, a jury has decided against a doctor and healthcare system in a case in which negligence was alleged. The doctor and hospital ownership group were ordered to pay more than $1 million in a medical malpractice case in South Carolina.According...
Family of Navy Veteran Sues VA after Fatal Fall in Hospital
Ensuring the health and safety of patients often involves monitoring those patients who are in need of continuous care. Failure to monitor patients can have catastrophic consequences, as a recent lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs claims.A Navy...
Miscommunication often a factor in medical errors and malpractice
When a doctor hands a patient off to another doctor, the transfer of care can too often lead to preventable errors. The result can be patient injuries and medical malpractice litigation, says the author of a recent Medscape article exploring the beginnings and ends of...
Public health lab botches test results
The nine most terrifying words in the English language, it has been said, are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Those words rang true again while we read recently that a number of people in the nation's capital were given bad medical information about...
A closer look at wrong-site surgery
No one looks forward to surgery, but most San Antonio residents expect the best and hope that the operation will result in improved health.Unfortunately, surgery can have the opposite effect. Far too often, surgical errors occur, leaving patients with more medical...
Medication Errors at VA Hospitals
Medication errors are a serious problem at medical facilities across the United States, and VA hospitals are no exception.Consider the case of a veteran who died at a VA hospital less than a week after retiring from the Army.On the day of the death, a VA doctor...
Federal government to pay $33.8 million for medical malpractice
Many people have made the point, but we are going to repeat it here: when a negligent doctor or hospital is ordered to pay a large amount to a victim of medical malpractice, it is because the damage is extensive. That is the case in a lawsuit recently decided by a...
Wait Times at VA Hospitals Can Delay Much-Needed Treatment
Depending on the hospital, veterans often have to make appointments at VA facilities months in advance. That kind of waiting can be bad for your health, especially if you're living with a life-threatening condition and you don't know it yet. It's no secret that VA...
Veteran’s estate wins medical malpractice case against VA
According to statistics, the eighth most common surgery in the U.S. is gallbladder removal. So it's unlikely that a 65-year-old veteran of the Viet Nam war was overly worried when he entered a Veterans Affairs medical center for the common procedure.Two weeks after he...