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A misdiagnosis occurs when a doctor makes a diagnostic error — that is, a mistake in identifying their patient’s illness, injury, or other health condition. A doctor who fails to correctly diagnose their patient’s conditions puts that patient at risk of receiving incorrect courses of treatment and potentially serious health complications. Patients with misdiagnosed diseases often need additional…

Did your child suffer severe or fatal harm from a preventable umbilical cord injury? If so, you and your family deserve accountability and justice for what you’ve been made to suffer. While umbilical cord injuries are relatively common and frequently minor, in some cases, they can have severe, permanent, and even fatal consequences. All too often, carelessness and…

If you are considering filing a medical malpractice lawsuit in Indiana, you might be wondering what could happen to the medical provider responsible for your injury after the suit. Could they lose their license and be forced to stop practicing medicine? Perhaps you know your doctor personally and worry that a malpractice lawsuit could ruin their career. The…

An emergency room is a busy, fast-moving place. In fact, 130 million people visited the emergency room in the United States in a recent year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Emergency room doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals are highly trained and skilled in handling a high caseload and providing people with the…

One of the main reasons a person goes to the doctor is to seek professional medical advice or treatment for a specific ailment. While your doctor is the medical expert, you also have a say in your treatment. After all, it is your body, your health and your life. Be sure you gain all the knowledge you need…

When medical emergencies happen, it’s often up to the doctors and nurses working in a hospital’s emergency department to save a patient’s life. These healthcare providers regularly save lives and prevent further injury or illness for those taken to the ER. However, healthcare providers are human and can make mistakes. These mistakes, however, can be harmful and sometimes…

The federal government has always mandated certain standards that nursing homes are expected to follow, and government officials conduct inspections to ensure those standards are being upheld. However, when certain nursing homes have been found to not be complying with those standards in the past, the federal government has traditionally withheld their names. In the past few months,…

Losing a loved one is always a hard thing to accept. However, when family members suspect that medical malpractice was to blame for the death, they understandably want answers. Requesting an autopsy can help provide valuable information about how the person died and what caused the death. When this is the case, it is important for family members…

Over the past few decades, researchers have made strong connections between brain injuries and the development of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia over time. In fact, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, one study showed that older adults who suffered a moderate traumatic brain injury at some point in their lives were 2.3 times more likely to…

Most people have heard of the “black boxes” found on airplanes. These boxes are tools that are used in the event of a crash that allow investigators to study what happened onboard that led to the accident. Now, researchers have created the same type of black box for use in operating rooms to determine when surgeons make mistakes…