Medical errors occur more commonly than many people realize. Doctors, nurses, hospitals, medical facilities, and other healthcare providers are guilty of making mistakes and acting negligently. Patients might not realize mistakes were made until months or years later when they discover a medical error caused them harm. An example of this type...
Category: Surgical Errors
How Do I Prove My Surgeon Made a Mistake That Caused My Injury?
When your doctor told you that you needed surgery, you may have been frightened and apprehensive. However, you trust your surgeon to take care of you, and you believe the surgery is necessary because your doctor said the surgery was the best course of treatment for you. Unfortunately, surgeons make errors that...
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Volkswagen Faces Litigation from Angry Car Owners and Dealers
What can I do if I own a “clean diesel” Volkswagen?
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If you own a “clean diesel” Volkswagen, you are certainly already aware of the bad news. Volkswagen had misrepresented the ability of their cars to both comply with EPA regulations and produce advertised performance for their owners. At the present time, owners fear...
Doctor at regional hospital removes wrong kidney
Thousands of patients across the country go to hospitals each day for surgical procedures, and here in New Jersey surgical patients enjoy access to some of the nation's best hospitals and doctors through medical facilities in the Tri-state area. While many patients have fears about the underlying reasons that they must undergo surgery, few...
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Medical economics: Do hospitals profit from surgical errors?
New Jersey residents will find it interesting to learn that a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that hospitals may profit from the surgical errors and mistakes they make.
The study examined records of over 34,000 surgical patients in 2010 at one hospital run by Texas Health Resources,...
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Are robotic surgical errors on the rise?
The term surgery invokes images of bright lights over a patient with nurses and doctors in surgical gowns, gloves and masks hovering over a patient about to undergo a procedure. This traditional imagery of surgery may change as robotic surgery gains acceptance for minimally invasive surgeries in numerous fields. However, despite the use of...
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Medical malpractice suit filed against hospital and surgeons
Most patients go into surgery cognizant that surgical intervention carries with it some risk. Nevertheless, doctors, hospital staff and surgeons have an on-going duty to provide a reasonable standard of care. Negligent healthcare provides may be held liable for providing sub-standard care, lack of informed consent, mistakes during surgery and other...
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Surgeon fatigue increases chances of surgical error
Anyone who has seen ER or Grey's Anatomy knows that doctors often work long hours. While the practice may be common, there is concern among some safety advocates that fatigue contributes to unnecessary and preventable medical errors. In fact, a number of studies conducted over the last several decades suggest that sleep deprivation can...
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Surgical items left in patients still an issue
When surgery is necessary to save a life, healthcare providers are expected by families of the patient and the patient to take all reasonable to steps to ensure that an error does not occur. Despite efforts by hospitals to minimize surgical errors such as pre-post count of sponges to keep track of them,...
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Surgical sponge most common item left in a patient after surgery
The word surgery automatically conjures up images of an operating room with surgical tools, sterile equipment, doctors and nurses hovering over the patient undergoing a procedure. Most New Jersey and New York residents hope they will never need surgery, but there may come a time when an emergency procedure may be needed to save...
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