Pain management: Check your doctor’s qualifications carefully
Looking for board certification in the pain management specialization is not enough for a patient to ensure the doctor is qualified. Learn the questions you should ask your doctor.
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Medical malpractice
'Stat' means 'now': How hospitals bungle urgent CT and MRI orders
Hospitals can save lives by training their nurses to follow stat physician orders for CT and MRI scans immediately and to contact a doctor when the images are available for review
Poor nursing communication causes needless hospital injuries and deaths
Nurse-doctor communication is such a problem that the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requires all hospitals to create policies and procedures to improve nursing communication of critical lab values
Painter Law Firm wins medical malpractice settlement of $3,925,000
Now this teenager's family has the funds they need to care for their child, who was brain injured because of a Houston-area hospital's negligence
Rising health care costs aren't because of medical malpractice claims
Insurance company payouts in medical malpractice lawsuits are at a historic low, yet health care costs continue to rise. This shows that further tort reform is unneeded and would be ineffective
Developments in Texas Advance Directives
An issue involving medical futility may come up at any time, whether the patient is young or old, insured or uninsured.
Death panels already exist
Although there has been talk of "death panels" during the health care reform debate, we have had them for over a decade in Texas
Data shows a big difference between hospital and office anesthesia safety
From a medical malpractice perspective, how can patients ensure they are receiving safe and effective anesthesia care outside of a hospital setting?