The New Mexico Dental Board recently fined an Albuquerque area dentist $10,000 for records mishandling and legal fees associated with him having performed a number of nonessential dental procedures and then billing patients overpriced fees for them. The dentist is...
What H.R. 1215 would really mean for malpractice victims
Even the simplest surgical procedures are often intimidating. However, the doctor likely reassured you that surgery was your best option -- or even, perhaps your only option -- and that your health and well-being would improve. When you trusted your health care...
Learn how to be a proactively safe patient
Those in the hospital are there to heal. However, an alarming number of hospital patients develop infections during their stays. Known as health care-associated infections (HAI), they can take the form of urinary tract infections, C. dificile or MRSA, among many...
$14.9 million malpractice verdict for paralyzed woman
In 2013, a then-57-year-old woman was given an epidural injection while at The Surgery Center in Lone Tree, Colorado. The center focuses on same-day surgery care. The drug given was Kenalog, a corticosteroid. Two years prior, the manufacturer of Kenalog,...
Retained surgical items can lead to serious problems for patients
People who have surgery don't expect that their health will worsen after the surgery. For patients who have items left behind in the surgical area might have significant health issues. Typically, items left behind require the patient to undergo another surgery to...