Surgeon operates on wrong kidney, woman faces lifelong dialysis
Surgeons, nurses, and other OR providers are required to verify the correct patient and surgical site before starting an operation
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Patient safety
Top 10 most common hospital errors of 2018
These sentinel events pose serious threats to patient safety
Suburban Houston rehab facility overdoses elderly patient on painkillers, causing aspiration pneumonia and death
One of the first signs of overmedication is often a change in behavior, or altered mental status
Medicare gives two-star ranking (next to lowest possible) to Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
Our Houston, Texas medical malpractice attorneys have handled many cases dealing with Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center and Children's Memorial Hermann
Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital receives lowest one-star rating from Medicare
Painter Law Firm's medical malpractice attorneys have handled many cases involving health care at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital
Four symptoms of cerebellar strokes that you should know
Cerebellar stokes are rare, but have symptoms that are easy to remember
Dentist prescriptions for unnecessary opioid painkillers increase addiction risk in teens and young adults
American Dental Association: Dentists prescribe 12% of all opioid pain medications
FDA cautions that robotic surgery is unproven and potentially dangerous for cancer surgeries
For some surgeries, robotically-assisted surgery may decrease patient survival rates
Breast cancer after a negative mammogram
In around 75% of medical malpractice cases for missed breast cancer diagnosis, a physician felt a suspicious lump
Three steps you can take to prevent pharmacy errors
Pharmacy gives Houston woman another person's prescription by mistake