Category: Medical Malpractice

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority (PPSA) recently conducted a study of newborn safety in a hospital environment. The hospitals that were included in the PPSA’s study were all across the state of Pennsylvania, though specific hospitals were not named. The study spanned two years: 2014 to 2015, and showed that hospital mistakes and accidents, like[…]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that each and every year, 735,000 Americans experience heart attacks. And, when it comes to a heart attack, each and every single minute matters. As each minute passes, the likelihood of permanent heart damage increases which can eventually lead to death or heart failure. Many times, people[…]

Just because one gets a doctor’s prescription for opioid painkillers does not mean they are immune to the health risks that accompany taking these drugs. Opioids are a class of drugs that include legal drugs like oxycodone, fentanyl, and morphine, as well as illegal drugs like heroin. Unfortunately, legal or not, opioids can be extremely addictive[…]

Recently, we wrote an article that detailed how human and medical errors – in hospital and doctor’s office settings – are the third leading cause of death in the United States each and every year. It is a frightening but true fact that hospitals – the places that we go to maintain and improve our[…]

Every year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases data and information that pertains to causes of death in the medical field. A recent study published by the BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal, shows the serious limitations and consequences behind how medical deaths are classified and how, although medical errors[…]