Aspiration during surgery doesn't happen often, but when it does, it can cause serious health problems. In some cases, it's the result of a medical error, which could point to malpractice. Patients ...

Medication is expected to cure, defend as well as increase life quality. Regrettably, errors do occur in hospitals, clinics, and in private practice. Victims of healthcare negligence usually become ...

Deaths due to complications of medical and surgical care are the third-leading cause of death in the United States. Deaths due to medical error vary across the ...

A middle-aged man with sepsis from a diabetic foot wound was admitted to a rural Utah hospital. It was clear the patient needed to be transferred to University of Utah Health for specialty care.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. North Carolina’s malpractice laws make it difficult for some people who are injured to ...

Medication mistakes — in which the wrong drug or the wrong dose is given to a patient — are among the most common errors in medicine. John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the ...

For a fourth year in a row, Maryland recorded an increase in reported medical mistakes, including some that were fatal, the state’s Department of Health said in its annual patient safety report. The ...

Sheree Lloyd does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

As we saw in last week’s essay, preventable errors are unnecessary, avoidable threats to obtaining beneficial therapy. Correcting them is prohibitive in terms of financial, emotional and physical ...