Medical Malpractice
Doctors, nurses and other health care providers spend a great deal of time learning how to treat a great variety of illnesses and physical maladies. As a group they are professionals dedicated to helping alleviate the ailments that can plague mankind. Unfortunately, health care providers can also make mistakes. When mistakes are made the effects can be devastating. In fact, according to the National Academy of Sciences, approximately 98,000 Americans die from "medical mistakes" each year.
Medical malpractice is a form of negligence involving a medical treatment provider. If someone is injured as a result of a treatment provider's digression from the standard of care, that provider may be liable for the injury that has occurred. The determination of whether a medical professional has met the standard of care is based on a comparison to other professionals in the same field and the same geographical region. In other words, what would a reasonably competent medical professional practicing in the same field as the defendant, and in the same area of the defendant, do under the circumstances that the defendant was facing with respect to care and treatment of the patient?
Medical malpractice does not occur every time there is a bad outcome from treatment. It is simply a duty to provide good care according to the accepted standards of the community and/or the accepted standards of a particular medical specialty. The law generally recognizes the practice of medicine as an "art" rather than as an exact science. Therefore, some latitude is given to practitioners with respect to the manner in which they choose to address the problems of specific patients.
If you or a loved one has suffered an injury, illness or death that you suspect was caused by a medical professional, call VanDerGinst Law at 1-866-843-7367 or click here for a FREE online case evaluation. The initial consultation is free of charge. If we agree to handle your injury case, we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if, and when, there is a money recovery for you. In many cases a lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. So please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.
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| Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:00:00 PDT Hospitals, Federal Government Reach $666M Settlement In Lawsuit Over Medicare Reimbursement Policy Changes In 1980s Medicare has agreed to pay 667 hospitals $666 million to settle a lawsuit over a reimbursement policy from the 1980s, the Wall Street Journal reports. The policy, which took effect in 1986, changed Medicare reimbursement rules to exclude certain low-income patients from the formula used to determine whether hospitals qualify for greater compensation for treating a disproportionate number of indigent patients. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:00:00 PDT House Panel Will Not Pursue Contempt Charges Against Leavitt In Ketek Case House Energy and Commerce Committee spokesperson Jodi Seth on Tuesday said that committee leaders will not pursue contempt of Congress charges against HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt for failure to comply with a subpoena for documents used to prepare testimony from Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:00:00 PDT Two Midwives Fail To Follow Correct Procedures During Labour, UK Two midwives have been found unfit to practise by an independent NMC panel this week after failing to adequately care for a 'high risk' patient during labour.Jonathan Davies, 45, a registered midwife and nurse, was struck off the Register and his colleague at the time, Sandra Bickers, 46, also a registered midwife and nurse, received the maximum caution of five years. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:00:00 PDT Hospital Coalition Files Lawsuit To Prevent Medicaid Rule That Would Reduce Funding By $5B A national coalition of hospitals on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit to prevent the Bush administration from implementing a Medicaid rule changes that would reduce payment to safety-net hospitals by $5 billion over five years, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:00:00 PDT Convicted Nurse Is Struck Off By The Nursing And Midwifery Council, UK A registered adult nurse convicted of theft, false accounting and obtaining money by deception was struck off at a hearing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in London on February 28th 2008. Susan Elizabeth Gordon, 45, had been found guilty of obtaining a money transfer by deception, false accounting, two counts of theft and trying to remove criminal property in January last year at Luton Crown Court. She has been sentenced to three years and two months in prison. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:00:00 PDT FDA Names Woodcock As Permanent Director Of CDER; Leavitt Releases Documents To Avoid Contempt Charges FDA on Monday named Janet Woodcock, deputy commissioner and chief medical officer at the agency, as director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, which reviews new medications for safety and effectiveness, USA Today reports. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
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