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• December 6, 2022

  Factors That Contribute To Medical Malpractice

  Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare provider deviates from the accepted standard of care and causes injury or harm to a patient. While most healthcare providers strive to provide the best possible care to their patients, there are certain factors that may increase the risk of medical malpractice. One factor that may increase the risk of medical malpractice is inadequate...

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• November 22, 2022

  Building a Pharmacist Malpractice Case in Pennsylvania: What You Need to Know

  Pharmacist malpractice refers to a situation in which a pharmacist fails to meet the standard of care owed to a patient, resulting in harm to the patient. If you believe that you or a loved one has been the victim of pharmacist malpractice in Pennsylvania, you may be entitled to seek compensation. Here's what you need to know about building...

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• November 8, 2022

  How Artificial Intelligence May Impact Failure to Diagnose Rates Among Physicians

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of healthcare, including the way that doctors diagnose and treat patients. While AI has the potential to greatly improve healthcare outcomes, it is important to consider how it may also impact failure to diagnose rates among physicians. What is failure to diagnose? Failure to...

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• October 26, 2022

  Heart Attack Misdiagnosis More Common in Women

  A heart attack is a medical emergency. To ensure a patient experiencing a heart attack receives proper care, physicians must recognize the signs of an attack when one occurs. Unfortunately, sometimes patients don’t receive the care they need because negligent doctors fail to diagnose their heart attacks. There’s also evidence to suggest that female patients may be victims of this...

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• October 12, 2022

  Common Defenses in Medical Malpractice Cases

  If you’ve been the victim of a healthcare professional’s negligence, you may be eligible to receive compensation for your medical bills and other such losses you incurred due to their carelessness. You can pursue the compensation you’re owed by filing a medical malpractice claim with the insurance of the negligent doctor or healthcare facility. If they won’t offer a fair...

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• September 27, 2022

  Pennsylvania Supreme Court Changes Outdated Medical Malpractice Law

  Medical professionals have a duty of care to those they serve. Although doctors are human beings, and can thus make mistakes at times, to the best of their abilities, doctors should strive to properly diagnose and treat their patients. Patients or the loved ones of patients who’ve lost their lives can file medical malpractice claims when medical professionals breach this...

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• September 13, 2022

  How Telehealth May Result in Medical Malpractice

  During the Covid-19 pandemic, many physicians and other such healthcare professionals began increasingly offering telehealth services to patients. Although there are naturally some healthcare services that can’t be provided via the Internet, various types of basic appointments can be conducted without requiring patients and doctors to meet in person. This arrangement yields several benefits for both parties. During the Covid-19...

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• August 29, 2022

  Nursing Home Abuse Doesn’t Just Involve Physical Abuse

  You place a loved one in a nursing home hoping that those responsible for their care will treat them with the respect they deserve. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. Instances of nursing home abuse are statistically fairly common in the United States. This doesn’t mean you should never consider trusting such a facility to care for a loved one who...

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• August 15, 2022

  Bill Paxton’s Family Settles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Beloved Hollywood actor Bill Paxton passed away on February 25, 2017. He had suffered a stroke 11 days after undergoing heart surgery. Although his first surgical procedure, which was meant to repair a damaged valve and address an aortic aneurysm, was planned, Paxton also had to undergo a second emergency procedure the day after his first surgery to repair a...

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• July 27, 2022

  How Hospital Patients Can Develop Sepsis

  A patient goes to the hospital to improve their health. Unfortunately, in some instances, a visit to the hospital can result in a patient developing a new health condition. This may happen when a doctor or member of the staff is careless. Sepsis is one particularly noteworthy example of a health issue that has been known to strike hospital patients....

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