In the past few months, Congress has been looking at whether members of the military should be able to sue the government for medical malpractice. Since a 1950 court ruling that established the Feres Doctrine, military troops have not been able to sue for malpractice...
Medical Malpractice
Failure To Monitor Pain Medication Can Lead To Medical Malpractice
Several times a year there are news stories highlighting a celebrity's addiction to prescription pain medication. Whether it is a sports star, a musician, an actor or another type of high-profile celebrity, these issues serve to highlight a larger problem throughout...
Can EMR Software Increase The Likelihood Of Medical Errors?
Since the advent of the personal computer, digital record-keeping has become the norm in nearly every service industry across the nation. The use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) is now standard operating procedure in hospitals, clinics and urgent care facilities...
More hospitals experimenting with fessing up after errors
With approximately 251,000 people across the United States dying every year from medical errors and malpractice, hospitals and health care organizations worry about the costs of lawsuits. Unfortunately for the victims of medical malpractice and their family members,...
