How Many People Die From Medical Malpractice?

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  November 30, 2018

  How Many People Die From Medical Malpractice?

  When seeking medical care, you expect to trust your healthcare provider to know what they’re doing and not make any mistakes. You may be surprised to know, then, that according to a study conducted by researchers from John Hopkins Medicine, medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States, coming in after only heart disease and...

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  November 24, 2018

  Pennsylvania Study Shows Misdiagnosis Problems

  We want to bring you a study that has been released by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, a government agency that seeks to improve patient care through the state. In a recent paper published, they looked at identifying and learning from diagnosing mistakes and how to improve patient outcomes. The report used an online database to look at 1,212 reports,...

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  November 23, 2018

  Green Beret Misdiagnosed, Now Facing Death

  We now know that a North Carolina Congressman is working on new legislation to allow soldiers to sue the government under certain conditions of medical malpractice. Under the Feres Doctrine, active duty military personnel are barred from suing the government in cases of medical malpractice. Even if a mistake is made that dramatically alters a service member’s life, they are...

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  November 17, 2018

  Pennsylvania Hospital Notifies Patients Of Medical Error

  Earlier this month, we learned that a hospital in Pennsylvania began notifying patients that they had made mistakes with up to 211 patients dating back to last year. The news comes from across the state, in New Castle, but we think it is important to bring you the story because of the prevalence of medical mistakes in Pennsylvania and across...

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  November 16, 2018

  Voters Care About Healthcare, But Not Medical Mistakes?

  According to a recent Forbes article, more than 500 people probably died on Election Day due to medical mistakes. Before you start wondering if that is just something that happens on Election Day, no. That happens every day. Medical mistakes are the third leading cause of death in this country and, killing upwards of 250,000 people a year. How, in...

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  November 10, 2018

  When the Emergency Room Wait Leads to Death

  Emergency rooms are open 24 hours a day because illnesses and injuries are not limited to occurring on weekdays between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm when doctors' offices are open. People visiting the emergency room are either there because they sustained severe injuries that could only be treated in a hospital or because the illness or injuries...

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  November 9, 2018

  Not So Golden Living at the Golden Living Nursing Homes

  You may have heard that the Pennsylvania Attorney General's lawsuit against the Golden Living Nursing Home chain was recently revived by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The lawsuit alleges that 14 nursing homes across Pennsylvania, including one right here in Philadelphia, were understaffed in order to boost profits for the chain at the expense of the residents who were not properly...

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  November 3, 2018

  Chemotherapy Without Consent

  According to an article from MedScape, a court has ruled that a lawsuit can move forward against an oncologist who supposedly contributed to a patient’s death by administering chemotherapy without her consent. If that is true, then this could be a major medical malpractice and wrongful death case. When it comes to consent, we know that doctors and surgeons must...

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  November 2, 2018

  They Left An Item Inside Of Him

  In 2014, Larry Diener was in miserable shape. He had diverticulitis and his colon was blocked off. His doctors told him that he needed colon surgery. So, in May of that year, that is what he did. “I felt better than I’d felt in a long time,” said Diener. Unfortunately, things got worse. After an unrelated shoulder surgery, he did...

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  October 27, 2018

  Miscalculating Dosages, Using Expired Drugs, And Other Shocking Errors Made By Anesthesiologists

  We all make mistakes, but when an anesthesiologist makes one during surgery, it is never a fun experience for the patient. Errors made by anesthesiologists can have traumatic and devastating effects. Many things can go wrong when anesthesia is administered and supervised by an anesthesiologist. After all, anesthesia is supposed to medically induce sedation or sleep to prevent a patient...

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