Surgery has become such a commonplace means of addressing medical issues that people often have a flippant attitude about surgical procedures. Although modern medical equipment and training facilitate safe operations in most cases, no surgical procedure is without...
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Prescription errors could put patients’ lives at risk
Prescription errors are a common cause of injuries among patients in the United States. One of the common errors made is giving the wrong drug to the patient. While doctors no longer prescribe medications to patients on a written prescription pad in most cases, they...
Warning signs of medication errors
Medication errors, including mistakes that occur at the pharmacy and in a health care setting, can cause serious injury and even death. Review the red flags of medication errors to help protect your family members from preventable incidents. Changes in behavior If a...
Local hospital receives low grade for safety
Independent grading of hospitals allows you to know more about the safety of the hospital without bias. You can often look to these grades to tell you things about a facility that the facility may not make public or at least keep as quiet as possible, such as issues...
Answers to your Massachusetts medication error questions
Prescription drug errors fall under the category of medical malpractice. In a 2016 study, Johns Hopkins researchers reported findings that medical errors are third in the leading causes of death in the U.S. These mistakes, which include adverse drug events, represent...
We help with misdiagnosis and other acts of medical malpractice
While everybody makes mistakes, some people's mistakes have more ramifications than others. A doctor's mistake can be severe if a patient is injured or killed as a result of it. While doctors are not expected to be perfect, they are expected to perform up to a minimum...
Misdiagnosis as leading reason for medical malpractice claims
In the popular mind, severing the wrong limb or leaving a surgical instrument in the patient are probably the two most common stereotypes of medical malpractice. Two recent studies by insurance companies that insure physicians against malpractice claims provide...
Kidney removed from wrong patient; lawsuit follows
Anyone who has recently received medical care from a variety of health care providers has been asked to provide a birth date and middle name. This practice can become tiresome, especially if the information must be provided several times on the same day. A recent case...
Massachusetts nursing home cited for poor patient care
Many Massachusetts residents look to nursing homes as places of refuge and supporting care. Unfortunately, not all nursing homes deliver on this promise. The Sweet Brook Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Williamstown, Massachusetts has recently been cited by both...
Are only work-site injuries covered by workers’ comp?
Since workers' compensation covers work-related injuries, many Massachusetts' residents may be under the impression it only covers injuries sustained while physically at work-those injuries incurred while in an office or at a construction site. What if a worker was...
