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Diagnostic Errors are Most Costly and Deadly of All Medical Errors
An exhaustive study by researchers from John Hopkins University School of Medicine performed on 25 years of medical malpractice payments has found that diagnostic errors account for the biggest share of successful medical malpractice claims.
Hospitals Can Make You Sick – Safeguarding Against Hospital-Acquired Infections
We’ve all heard stories about a friend or family member who picked up an infection when they were in the hospital.
Galfand Berger Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Philadelphia Discuss How Use of Robotic Surgery Device May Put Patients At Risk
The da Vinci is a robotic surgical system built by Intuitive Surgical. It is designed to streamline surgeries using a minimally invasive procedure […]
Recent Study on Surgical Errors Reports Over 4,000 “Never Events” Occur Each Year
A recent patient safety study by Johns Hopkins researchers estimates that 80,000 “never events” – medical errors that should “never” happen” – occurred during surgeries in the United States between 1990 and 2010.
The Myths about Medical Malpractice Cases
It’s all over the news: stories about how insurance companies, hospitals and doctors are being injured by medical malpractice litigation.