Medical Malpractice
Doctors, nurses and other health care providers spend a great deal of time learning how to treat a great variety of illnesses and physical maladies. As a group they are professionals dedicated to helping alleviate the ailments that can plague mankind. Unfortunately, health care providers can also make mistakes. When mistakes are made the effects can be devastating. In fact, according to the National Academy of Sciences, approximately 98,000 Americans die from "medical mistakes" each year.
Medical malpractice is a form of negligence involving a medical treatment provider. If someone is injured as a result of a treatment provider's digression from the standard of care, that provider may be liable for the injury that has occurred. The determination of whether a medical professional has met the standard of care is based on a comparison to other professionals in the same field and the same geographical region. In other words, what would a reasonably competent medical professional practicing in the same field as the defendant, and in the same area of the defendant, do under the circumstances that the defendant was facing with respect to care and treatment of the patient?
Medical malpractice does not occur every time there is a bad outcome from treatment. It is simply a duty to provide good care according to the accepted standards of the community and/or the accepted standards of a particular medical specialty. The law generally recognizes the practice of medicine as an "art" rather than as an exact science. Therefore, some latitude is given to practitioners with respect to the manner in which they choose to address the problems of specific patients.
If you or a loved one has suffered an injury, illness or death that you suspect was caused by a medical professional, call VanDerGinst Law at 1-866-843-7367 or click here for a FREE online case evaluation. The initial consultation is free of charge. If we agree to handle your injury case, we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if, and when, there is a money recovery for you. In many cases a lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. So please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.
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| Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 PDT Kansas Supreme Court Checks Grand Jury's Power In Tiller Case In a unanimous ruling Tuesday, the Kansas Supreme Court allowed a Sedgwick County, Kan., grand jury to continue its investigation of abortion provider George Tiller but limited its authority to subpoena the records of Tiller's patients, the AP/USA Today reports. The court also ruled against overturning a law that allows state residents to call for a grand jury investigation. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Wed, 07 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT Lawsuit Filed To Stop 10% Medicaid Provider Payment Rate Reduction In California A number of groups that represent hospitals, physicians, dentists and other health care providers in California on Monday filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court to prevent a scheduled 10% reduction in reimbursements under Medi-Cal, the state Medicaid program, the Wall Street Journal reports. The state Legislature in February approved the $1. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Wed, 07 May 2008 08:00:00 PDT Kansas Supreme Court Unseals Two Suits Demanding Former AG Kline Return Abortion Records Kansas Supreme Court on Friday unsealed two lawsuits demanding that Johnson County, Kan., District Attorney Phill Kline (R) return abortion records to Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, the Kansas City Star reports. In unsealing the cases, the court released hundreds of documents related to the two cases. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Wed, 07 May 2008 05:00:00 PDT Ob-Gyns Hear Medical Liability Success Stories "Look Beyond Caps" Message Is Echoed Advocating solely for tort reform in the legislative arena does not get to the root of the medical liability crisis, according to Richard Boothman, JD, chief risk officer for the University of Michigan Health Systems, who presented the 6th Scientific Session-The Donald F. Richardson International Symposium, "Medical Malpractice Reform: Beyond Caps"- at The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) 56th Annual Clinical Meeting. Moreover, Mr. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Wed, 07 May 2008 02:00:00 PDT New Study Finds Bar-Coded Surgical Sponges Improve Patient Safety A randomized controlled trial conducted by Brigham and Women's Hospital - in affiliation with Harvard Medical School - finds bar-coded, computer-assisted surgical sponge counting systems reduce the chance of counting errors during patient surgery by a factor of 3 to 1. The results of the study - conducted by patient safety researchers Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Caprice Greenberg - were published recently in the Annals of Surgery (Ann Surg 2008;247: 612-616). Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Tue, 06 May 2008 05:00:00 PDT British Sign Language, The Deaf And Criminal Justice Deaf people on trial were granted the right to an interpreter as early as 1725, according to Old Bailey records examined by UCL (University College London) scientists. The use of family and friends to interpret court proceedings later switched to deaf teachers and eventually written testimony, which may have disadvantaged the less educated 'deaf and dumb' at the very time that British Sign Language was emerging. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
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| Friday 09th of May 2008 03:06:25 PM Doctor, Bully Ob-gyn arbitration; course work. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Friday 09th of May 2008 03:06:25 PM Surgeon Held for Deaths in Australia An American surgeon was in a Portland jail on Thursday awaiting extradition proceedings over charges that he caused the deaths of three patients in Australia. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Friday 09th of May 2008 03:06:25 PM Surgeon Accused of Speeding a Death to Get Organs Medical Malpractice news and personal injury law information. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Friday 09th of May 2008 03:06:25 PM Explain a Medical Error? Sure. Apologize Too? Medical Malpractice news and personal injury law information. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Friday 09th of May 2008 03:06:25 PM After Hepatitis Case, New York State Acts to Speed Alerts to Patients at Risk The state health commissioner has proposed a series of changes to help prevent delays in notifying patients who may be exposed to various infections in case a doctor?s infection-control practices are faulty. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Friday 09th of May 2008 03:06:25 PM More Doctors in Texas After Malpractice Caps Medical Malpractice news and personal injury law information. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
