It's one of the most joyful occasions in your life: the birth of your baby. While most deliveries do not harm your baby, the unfortunate reality is that sometimes, doctors make mistakes that could have been avoided. Some mistakes can harm the health and wellbeing of...
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Medical Malpractice
Are bad outcomes always grounds for medical malpractice?
So you went in to the hospital, and you didn't get the results you were after. Maybe you were hoping they could fix an infection in your leg, but it had to be amputated, or perhaps you were hoping your cancer would be cured, when it persisted in spite of the...
Surgery has gone a long way, but still has dangers
Surgery has been around for a very long time. However, what surgery looks like, and the level of risk associated with it, has changed greatly over the years.Surgical procedures were once rather primitive things. Take Civil-War-era surgeries for example. These...
Do video cameras make for safer surgeries?
What happens in a hospital’s operating rooms matters greatly. Surgeries are incredibly complex things, in which the smallest mistakes by medical professionals can end up having serious repercussions for patients. Thus, it is vital for hospitals to take...
What Everyone In Louisiana Should Know About Medical Errors
251,000 -- that is how many deaths occur in the United States each year because of medical errors. And that makes medical errors the third-leading cause of death in the U.S., according to a recent study.The findings, which were published in the BMJ, showed that...
Report: High incidence of preventable medical errors at rehab hospitals
Once a patient is given the green light by a physician to leave the hospital and continue their convalescence in a rehabilitation hospital, they may understandably breathe a sigh of relief. That's because they likely view this development as a step in right direction...
Louisiana doctors and medical device/drug company payments
Sometimes, companies that make medical devices or medications make payments to doctors. Examples of this include payments related to royalties, meals, gifts, travel, consulting and speaking engagements. There is quite a bit of variation among the states as to how...