A new study has found that the combined costs of medical malpractice and so-called defensive medicine make up only 2.4% of the total costs of health care in the United States. …
A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against a Minnesota hospital that allegedly allowed a patient undergoing surgery to fall off of the operating table. …
Pennsylvania has seen a 39% drop in medical malpractice lawsuits following new restrictions that require claims to meet merit standards and limit where cases can be filed.…
Researchers say that reputation often trumps the quality of care when it comes to hospital rankings. …
Medication errors caused by prescription mistakes could be reduced by a factor of seven if doctors switched to electronic prescriptions, according to a new study conducted in New York. …
A $33.3 million verdict awarded in a wrongful death lawsuit against Walgreens pharmacy over a medication error has been upheld on appeal by a Florida court. …
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s cap on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional and violates the separation of powers between the judicial and legislative branches of the government.…
Medical errors from the use of radiation therapy can lead to severe and sometimes fatal injuries, but states lack rules requiring doctors and hospitals to disclose when radiation mistakes occur, even though they are often preventable.…
A Maryland malpractice lawsuit has been filed against Dr. Mark Midei and St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md. by a patient who is one of several hundred people who were recently notified that they may have received a heart stent that was not necessary.…
A young man whose legs were partially amputated as the result of a necrotizing fasciitis infection, which involves a flesh-eating bacteria, has filed medical malpractice lawsuits against a number of doctors and two hospitals, alleging that the infection was mistreated.…
