Dallas court of appeals rules in favor of patient/plaintiff on expert report
Hiring a competent, experienced medical malpractice attorney can mean the difference between a lawsuit and a dismissal
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Medical malpractice
Operating on the wrong patient or site: How does it happen?
The Joint Commission has emphasized improving surgical errors as a 2018 National Patient Safety Goal
What you need to know about new medical schools in Conroe and Houston
Academic/teaching hospitals do not consistently supervise still in their training, which can put patients at risk
Hemorrhagic stroke symptoms, treatment and medical malpractice
87% of strokes are ischemic and 13% are hemorrhagic
The Health Care Liability Claim Pre-suit Notice and Authorization Trap
Published in the July/August 2018 edition of "The Houston Lawyer" magazine
Over 260 patients have died in surgical centers since 2013
Many ambulatory surgery centers are not equipped to handle complications from planned outpatient procedures and call 911 when something bad happens
Hospital, physician, and nursing medication error malpractice
Some healthcare providers routinely do a poor job of medication reconciliation, putting patients at risk
Houston's Park Plaza Hospital has been cited with two Medicare/Medicaid violations so far in 2018
Hospital violations for quality of care issues sometimes uncover medical malpractice
Absent surgeon testifies that hospital records are missing, incorrect
For two critical days during a hospitalization, a defendant-surgeon was nowhere to be found
U.S. death rate for mothers during labor, delivery, and birthing is on the rise
Houston OB/GYN and maternal fetal medicine physician describes it as a failure at all levels