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...
VA Hospital Negligence
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...
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...
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...
A dying veteran’s last wish
He served more than 17 years in the U.S. Army, but says that after he left the service he was denied access to the health care he needed. Now the decorated veteran says he is dying of cancer.In court documents, the vet days he was honorably discharged from the Army a...
VA doctor admits to two medication errors
He thought he had a bad case of flu, so he went to the emergency room at the local VA hospital for help. Two days later, the man who had devoted his life to the military and protection of his nation was dead.His widow recently spoke out for the first time since her...
Woman Says VA Medical Center’s Failure to Diagnose Led to Husband’s Paralysis
Medical negligence comes in many forms, but two of the most common are misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose. Often these errors are the result of miscommunication or lack of communication among hospital doctors and staff. In cases of medical negligence at military and...