You felt that the nursing home you and your family selected for your mother was one of the best in the area. However, it was alarming to learn that she suffered a misdiagnosed MRSA infection. What happens now? About MRSA The official name for MRSA is...
Month: September 2020
A Misdeclaration Of Death Leads To Near-Fatal Harm
It sounds like a scenario that only exists in old stories: someone being declared dead only to be revived just before body preparation procedures that truly would be lethal. It is hard to imagine that someone could be incorrectly pronounced dead in this day and age....
After a medical malpractice incident, is a doctor’s apology enough?
One of the most frustrating things that victims of medical malpractice and their families can experience is being left in the dark about what happened. Due to doctors' and hospitals' fear of litigation, they often will provide patients little or no information about...
Fixing Medical Test Reporting And Diagnostic Errors
When getting bad medical test results, it can be easier to hear them from a primary care physician or some other medical professional with whom you already have an established relationship. It is very common practice for testing physicians (such as lab technicians and...
Preventing heart disease may curb pregnancy-related deaths
Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, taking over 650,000 lives every year. The most common heart condition is coronary artery disease, affecting nearly 7% of people over 20 years old. Heart conditions can wreak havoc on the other systems of the...