When drugs and physical therapy fail to relieve the pain associated with damaged knee joints, many sufferers opt for knee arthroplasty, or knee replacement surgery, which today is the most common replacement surgery being performed in the United States, with more than 580,000 being performed annually. Some of the conditions that cause people to [...]
Read More →When drugs and physical therapy fail to relieve the pain associated with damaged knee joints, many sufferers opt for knee arthroplasty, or knee replacement surgery, which today is the most common replacement surgery in the United States, with more than 580,000 being performed annually. [...]
Read More →If you have been injured in an accident, and that accident was caused at least in part by someone else’s negligence, you may be eligible for compensation in a personal injury claim. However, according to Florida statutes of limitations, there is a specific time frame in which you may take action against the [...]
Read More →When you are injured in Florida due to someone else’s negligence, then that person may be held liable for the injuries that you’ve sustained. This holds true after car accidents, work accidents, slip and fall accidents, and in cases of Read More →
Unequal Leg Length Can Be Avoided in Hip Replacement Surgery
One possible complication following total hip replacement surgery is a significant discrepancy in leg length as a result of the placement of the new hip joint.
Significant lengthening of the operated leg of greater than 3/4 inch (1.5 cm) or longer, is considered [...]
Read More →Although the occurrence of a surgeon performing surgery on the wrong surgical site is rare, it can still happen. Surgery on the wrong surgical site is considered medical malpractice in Florida and you may be able to pursue compensation by working with a medical negligence lawyer to file a Florida medical malpractice claim.
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Read More →You may be eligible to file a claim for medical malpractice in Florida if you have sustained serious injuries as a result of medical negligence. One medication error in particular that results in harm is the failure to suspend medication when necessary. Often, healthcare teams are too busy to notice when [...]
Read More →Florida was ranked the eighth most lenient state in the country when it comes to disciplining a doctor by Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group. The group factors the number of serious actions per 1,000 physicians. Last year, Florida revoked the licenses of 94 doctors and suspended 18 others.
Nine times out of ten, [...]
Read More →Last month, it was reported approximately 4,000 echocardiograms, over the course of the last three years, were never seen by doctors at New York’s Harlem Hospital Center. Instead, technicians saw them first because it was believed they were very adept at doing the job. These types of errors may very well give patients argument [...]
Read More →Medical Malpractice Payments Fall in 2009
The notion that medical malpractice costs are driving doctors out of business and skyrocketing the cost of health care is a false one!
A recent news report issued by Public Citizen brings this to light in convincing fashion.
Across the country, a total of 10,772 medical malpractice payments [...]
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