In Massachusetts and across the United States, surgeons sometimes perform wrong procedures, operate on wrong body parts or even perform surgeries on the wrong patients. These "wrong-site, wrong-procedure, wrong-patient errors" (WSPEs) constitute ample reasons for most...
When you go into a Massachusetts hospital for treatment, you don't expect to acquire an infection or a secondary condition. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have identified specific conditions that should not occur to patients receiving hospital...
Making medication dispensing errors is one of the leading causes of serious injury or death among healthcare patients. In Massachusetts, healthcare professionals follow strict standards and procedures to keep their patients safe. They use a number of strategies to...
Patients in Massachusetts and around the country expect their doctors to be highly skilled at their craft. Unfortunately, medical malpractice still happens. Wrong-site surgery is one of the worst forms. What is wrong-site surgery? Wrong-site surgery is a type of...
Contracting Lyme disease and trying to obtain a correct diagnosis is often difficult. The disease shares symptoms that are common with flus and fevers. In Massachusetts, flu-like symptoms could lead to a medical misdiagnosis and incorrect treatments. Mistaking common...
In Massachusetts, medical malpractice refers to professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider. To be considered malpractice, the treatment provided must fall below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or...
Massachusetts residents expect expert care from their doctors. Unfortunately, medical malpractice still occurs. In a lawsuit, certain factors must be proven. What is medical malpractice? Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor or other medical professional makes a...
Medical malpractice and medical negligence are two terms that are often confused. Many people in Massachusetts use these labels interchangeably, but they actually mean different things. Learning about the difference between medical malpractice and medical negligence...
When you need medical attention in Massachusetts, you expect that the doctor and nurses understand what they're doing when it comes to your treatment. However, things can happen that result in you filing a malpractice claim. Failing to make a diagnosis After tests are...
Many women in Massachusetts have been unwitting victims of female genital mutilation. A medical procedure nicknamed the “husband stitch” is sometimes performed on women post-childbirth without their consent. Most women don’t know it happened to them Since the 1950s,...
