Have you ever called a customer service number trying to find out the answer to a question only to be transferred to ten different departments and spending 2 hours on what was supposed to be a 5 minute phone call? Well, this process may become the norm for patients...
Medical providers in central Ohio are experimenting with a new method in an effort to make "going to the doctor" a little bit easier. On November 2, 2015, OhioHealth will have some of their doctors begin seeing patients for primary care visits via video and online...
Once again, the medical malpractice and personal injury lawyers at have earned the distinction of being named one of the "Best Law Firms" in the country by U.S. News & World Report's 2015 Best Lawyers publication. [nap_names...
If you are going in for surgery, you probably have a lot on your mind. The questions come in bunches: Will the operation be successful? Will insurance pick up the bulk of the cost? How long will the recovery period be? And so on. It's good to know that many hospitals...
Have you ever taken the time to actually read your Verizon or Time Warner Cable contracts? Or did you, like millions of other Americans, simply sign the agreement trying to get out of the store as quickly as possible? You might be surprised how one-sided it actually...
The statute of limitations for medical claims can differ greatly depending on the injury. One such injury that demonstrates this difference is one arising from foreign objects being left inside a person's body. A foreign object could be almost anything, such as a...
Preventing falls by hospital or nursing home patients is not always easy. Elderly patients may have neuropathy, movement disorders or other balance issues. Younger folks may have issues as well. No matter how they happen, however, falls can be very serious, especially...
We live in a society that likes technological solutions. Medical care, in particular, has added more and more elaborate machines and expensive tests in recent decades. What is often overlooked, however, is the importance of human judgment. In medicine, good judgment...
A close friend or family member goes into the hospital, expecting to get better. Instead, he or she gets worse and maybe even dies. How can you know whether what happened was no one's fault or the result of medical malpractice? And if a hospital visit is just...
A patient in Virginia found that he had a very good reason to file a medical malpractice lawsuit when he played back a recording that took place during his colonoscopy. He had turned on the recording device while being given instructions, so he wouldn't forget them....
