According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), millions of people in the USA have been suffering from Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), which have become widespread over the past several years. These infections are often spread by improper cleaning and unsterilized medical equipment. Let’s explore key ways unsterilized medical equipment causes infections, provide examples of infections,…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has many potential benefits, along with risks. One area where artificial intelligence is already having a positive effect is in the practice of medicine. AI is helping physicians have a better bedside manner with their patients, providing better documentation, recommending optimal medical staff levels, and even drafting readable medical notes. AI’s ability…

Patients have the right to understand the benefits and risks of every type of surgery they may need. Hospitals and surgeons should anticipate the likely complications that may occur – and be ready to handle those emergencies quickly and competently. Sometimes, patients will know within a few hours or days that something went wrong during…

Patients place their trust in their doctors and hospitals – so it can be hard to tell when doctors commit medical mistakes that justify filing a medical malpractice claim. Many parts of your medical care are so standard that failing to provide this care may be medical malpractice. If your surgery or treatment does not…

Patients can suffer injuries or die when hospitals fail to act competently. Competency involves anticipating health dangers, providing quality staff and equipment, and fully monitoring the care of everyone in the hospital for emergency care, scheduled surgeries, or other reasons. Our medical malpractice lawyers work with hospital administrators, physicians, and other medical experts to show…

Every parent wants their newborn to be healthy and happy. Prospective parents have the right to expect that their OBGYNs and other medical providers will provide competent care during their child’s pregnancy, labor, delivery, and post-delivery. Competent care means anticipating the health risks to both the newborn and the mother and knowing how to respond…

The New York Times recently published an informative article about MASLD, or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. The article centers around one woman’s diagnosis (and eventual death) from MASLD. We thought it was important for our readers to know more about this disease, and why it seems to take so much time to diagnose. From…

Individuals may need to go to the hospital for injuries and illnesses at some point. These hospital visits could be for fractured bones, nausea, fevers, concussions, surgeries, pain, and other sudden and severe situations that arise. However, the unfortunate reality is that when you visit the hospital for any reason, you are in close quarters…