Physicians don't always provide the professional standard of care required by law on behalf of their patients. Sometimes, they make negligent or reckless mistakes that end up harming the people who trust them. When it comes to the risk of surgical errors, people often...
There is a broad spectrum of the different kinds of collisions that occur on Ohio roads, and semi-truck collisions involving commercial vehicles are often among the worst. A commercial vehicle can very easily cause severe damage to a smaller vehicle and catastrophic...
If a doctor misdiagnoses a heart attack, it can certainly be a fatal error. There have been cases where people have been sent home, perhaps being told that they are just suffering from anxiety, and they have then passed away because they were having a heart attack....
If your doctor apologizes for something that they did wrong – or neglected to do – that caused harm, that’s enough to hold them legally responsible, right? In Ohio and a number of other states, it’s not. Most states across the country have enacted some type of...
Advances in anesthesia, pain management and infection control have all done wonders to help people survive surgical procedures. These days, surgery is incredibly common. Adults all over the country have preventative heart procedures and purely elective cosmetic...
Is it your weight, your hormones or all in your head? These three options seem to be the “go-to” diagnoses for a lot of women every time they visit their doctor with any kind of complaint. Lately, there’s been a lot of discussion about the emotionally traumatic – and...
A collision involving a passenger vehicle and a large commercial truck will typically be a more severe issue for the smaller vehicle. Sometimes, truck drivers report minimal cosmetic damage to their vehicles in crashes that leave others with life-altering injuries or...
No matter what industry you work in, you probably know the value of efficient communication. Miscommunication leads to errors and mistakes. Companies with employees who are able to communicate quickly and effectively are going to avoid these mistakes and get better...
Some prescription medication errors occur in a patient's home and are therefore not the fault of any medical professional. The patient or their caregiver misremembers the doctor's instructions or mixes up several medications with poor results. However, medication...
Even with many years of formal medical education and potentially years of professional experience, surgeons still make mistakes while operating on their patients. Surgical never events (mistakes that should never happen) affect thousands of people in the United States...
