Hospital Negligence

Many things can go wrong in a New Mexico hospital, but not all instances are necessarily cases of medical malpractice. For example, a visitor might slip and fall while walking through a puddle caused by a ceiling leak, which is more likely to be a matter of premises...

When New Mexico patients who have been harmed in a health care setting want to sue for malpractice, they must first prove that the facility or provider owed them a duty of care. A patient's medical records typically provide this information by showing that the person...

New Mexico residents may be interested to learn about a recent contamination scare at a children's hospital in Washington. Seattle Children's Hospital's Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center sent letters to 12,000 families of children who might have been exposed to HIV...

Errors made by doctors or hospitals in New Mexico and around the country lead to approximately 85,000 medical malpractice lawsuits being filed each year. Physicians and medical facilities risk being ordered to pay substantial damages, and malpractice lawsuits could...

In New Mexico and rest of the U.S., about 400,000 deaths per year are attributable to hospital errors that could have been prevented. An expert in patient safety at one large hospital believes that hospitals are responsible for the patients' well-being while they are...

As many New Mexico residents know, electronic health records are quickly becoming standard as hospitals, other health care facilities and physician practices are routinely using them. However, EHRs are evolving in terms of physician use and training modalities. This...

Nurses are often considered by many patients to be of lesser value and skill than doctors. However, in hospitals across New Mexico, nurses are more likely to know what really goes on in the facility when no one else is looking. Some nurses have said that some doctors...

People in New Mexico may be interested to learn about a recent case that occurred in Rhode Island in which a hospital was ordered to pay a man and his wife $25.6 million plus an additional $5.9 million in interest, bringing the total medical malpractice award to $31.5...

New Mexico residents may benefit from learning more about how the integrity of electronic medical records has proven to be a significant factor in many malpractice cases. Physicians and hospitals in the United States typically face over 85,000 medical malpractice...

As more and more of New Mexico's hospitals are relying on electronic medical records, these records are becoming increasingly important in medical malpractice cases. Verdicts in medical malpractice cases are increasingly turning on the documentation that is included...