Doctor Errors

People in New Mexico expect their health care providers to deliver the best care possible. However, many factors could interfere with that goal. According to a recent study, medical errors may be one of the leading causes of death in the country. Researchers from...

Surgical residents training in New Mexico need to limit their duty hours based on regulations handed down by the American Council of Graduate Medical Education. Although educators designed these caps on working hours to reduce fatigue and medical errors, one 2012...

Surgeons in New Mexico hospitals go through years of residency training in which their skills are constantly assessed. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have completed a small study meant to refine testing systems. After evaluating two...

When a person in New Mexico is the victim of a medical mistake and it leads to a worsening of the issue, long-term impact and even death, the initial response is to consider a legal filing for compensation. Beforehand, however, there are certain issues to take into...

New Mexico residents may already know about the father in California who managed to keep his daughter on life support after she had been diagnosed as brain-dead. The man's daughter, now 29 years old, entered a comatose state in 2007 that was brought on by a seizure...

According to several studies, medical errors could cause up to 250,000 deaths per year around the country. Many of these errors are preventable. The death of Joan Rivers due to a botched surgical procedure as well as many other events have led to greater attention...

Many New Mexico patients are seriously injured or die each year because of medical malpractice in the hospital or in another health care setting. A national trend among doctors is now to review data gathered from previous medical malpractice cases. The doctors and...

Each year, Americans file approximately 17,000 malpractice lawsuits against their doctors. According to the American Medical Association, general surgeons and OB-GYNs are more likely to be sued for malpractice than pediatricians and psychiatrists. However, just...

New Mexico residents who are scheduled for surgery might want to make sure the operation takes place in the correct area after a March report about a woman who had the wrong rib removed. The 60-year-old woman has filed a malpractice lawsuit against her surgeon after...

A New Mexico resident might want to learn about a physician's record before making an appointment, but it could actually be difficult to find this information. A Consumer Reports study has evaluated the issue of patient safety and access to pertinent information, and...