Study Published by Journal of American Medical Association Surgery Still Finds Major Surgical Errors

This week JAMA Surgery posted a recent study that found major…

Breast Cancer Survivor Fights to Change Medical Malpractice Laws

In West Virginia, state legislators crafted medical malpractice…

Surgical Errors Are Third Leading Cause of Death in US

Surgical error deaths closely follow heart attacks and cancer…
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Wrong Site Surgery Death Yields $21 Million Jury Verdict

Bimla Nayyar, an 81-year-old Michigan woman entered Oakwood Hospital…

Patient Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit After Surgery

A Texas patient whose small bowel was accidentally perforated…

Surgical Errors-Is the Situation So Critical That Patients Should Re-Consider Surgery?

In doing some research concerning the prevalence of surgical…

Sponge Left Inside Patient for Seven Years Leaves Pain, Suffering and No Relief

A woman who has suffered for seven years after a surgical sponge…

Wrong Site Surgeries Remain a Common Concern

Wrong site surgeries are considered "never" events because they…

Hospital Surgical and Medication Errors Climb According to New Report

2013 was not a good year for Connecticut hospitals in terms of…

Evaluating Surgery Centers

In the last decade, we have witnessed a dramatic upsurge in the…