Sullivan Brill Personal Injury Attorneys announced an expansion of its medical malpractice representation services, effective ...
Whether you know it or not, some form of artificial intelligence (AI) is likely involved in your current health care. AI use in health care will continue to grow exponentially in ways unimaginable ...
In a total of 274 closed cases of medical injury, the mean age of the patients was 49 years old and 45% were women (Table 1). The reviews performed by the coinvestigators were all confirmed by the ...
A two-year-old boy arrives at the hospital with a virus and low potassium. His family expect monitoring, fluids, and a ...
Aspiration during surgery doesn't happen often, but when it does, it can cause serious health problems. In some cases, it's the result of a medical error, which could point to malpractice. Patients ...
For Hillel Abrams, the trouble started with a teenage rumble when he got hit in the face, an injury that led to permanent damage to his nose and his ability to breathe. A half-century later, he’s ...
For a fourth year in a row, Maryland recorded an increase in reported medical mistakes, including some that were fatal, the state’s Department of Health said in its annual patient safety report. The ...
Harmful diagnostic errors may be occurring in as many as 1 in every 14 (7%) hospital patients - at least those receiving general medical care - suggest the findings of a single center study in the US, ...
Diagnostic errors are alarmingly common—and they can be extremely dangerous. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, “[w]hile estimates vary, likely ...
It was a busy night in the ER and the patient with strep throat was the least of the doctor’s worries–until the patient developed anaphylaxis. In her haste to treat the patient, the doctor gave a ...
A middle-aged man with sepsis from a diabetic foot wound was admitted to a rural Utah hospital. It was clear the patient needed to be transferred to University of Utah Health for specialty care.
For claims that do arise in the new era of AI use, we can anticipate they will be more complex, cost more to litigate and impact a larger class of patients. Whether you know it or not, some form of ...