Recently, a story involving a long-term nursing facility in the Midwest made national headlines for all the wrong reasons. One of their supposedly deceased residents was transported to a funeral home for embalming. When the mortuary staff unzipped the body bag about...
Year: 2023
MEDICAL CLAIMS A TO Z #13
INFECTIONS AND LITIGATION LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., LLB JORDAN GOLDSMITH, JD About once a month we will receive a call from a patient who has suffered a devastating infection while under the care of a physician and wants to know whether it is a potential malpractice...
Why do unnecessary surgeries happen?
Unnecessary surgery is one of the leading malpractices that occur in hospitals. Reports show that surgery is the second most common cause of medical malpractice lawsuits. Examples of common unnecessary surgeries include C-sections, heart surgeries, hysterectomies...
Stroke Patient To The Hospital Lee S. Goldsmith, M.D. Jordan Goldsmith
The public service announcements routinely advise the audience that if you are with someone who suddenly collapses, who might develop a slurring of speech, a weakness in an extremity, develops blurry vision—-call 911. Get that person to the hospital and fast. The...
A harmful prescription mistake is a form of medical malpractice
When they think about medical malpractice, most people envision a surgeon operating on the wrong patient or body part. Although this is a devastating error, mistakes can also happen in other medical situations. Dispensing or prescription errors in the health care...
Burnout in hospitals can lead to patient harm
People who go to the hospital to seek care expect that they will be taken care of appropriately. They don’t expect that understaffing will be a problem, but it’s a serious issue that affects medical centers on a daily basis. While some patients can receive adequate...
Ignoring contraindications can cause health issues
Patients trust their physicians to identify, diagnose, and treat their ailments. However, not all medical treatments are created equal, and practitioners must take special care to ensure that the remedies they prescribe meet their patient's needs–particularly...
