These are the top 10 hospital mistakes that are never supposed to happen, but still do
Patient falls top the list
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Medical malpractice
Outpatient imaging centers and the increased risk of brain injury or death
Lacking preparation for cardiac or respiratory arrest emergencies after giving CT or MRI contrast to patients
Memory care facility asks Texas Supreme Court to declare a dog bite claim protected by medical malpractice tort reform law
After losing at the trial court and Houston court of appeals, Alzheimer's care facility takes one last bite at the tort reform apple
The providers and risks of dental anesthesia and sedation
Very young children have the highest risks with anesthesia in dental office settings
Study links surgeons, physicians, providers not listening to patients to diagnostic errors
Cognitive bias and communications errors are dangerous
Laparoscopic surgery: Minimally invasive, but what about the risk?
Most injuries occur during placement of surgical equipment
Federal law prohibits hospital emergency rooms from turning away patients
After a medical screening, patients in an emergency medical condition or active labor must be medically stabilized before being discharged or transferred
Outpatient surgery centers are different from hospital operating rooms
Hospitals are equipped and staffed to handle complications and emergencies
Texas Supreme Court: Facilities don't have to produce policies and procedures before medical malpractice plaintiffs serve an expert report
There's a discovery stay provision in the health care liability tort reform statute
What procedures have the highest death rates in ambulatory surgery centers?
There are 570 licensed ambulatory surgical centers in Texas