Hospital Negligence

When you go to the hospital hoping for relief from an ailment, the last thing you expect is to end up with more issues than you had before. When a hospital fails to provide the appropriate level of care for your condition, that's a serious problem and something that...

Hospital emergency rooms are often action-packed environments in which medical staff members must make on-the-spot decisions. Unfortunately, this kind of environment can lead to mistakes that harm patients instead of healing them.In much of the research centered on...

Medical malpractice happens when a hospital or provider is negligent or otherwise violates the recognized standard of care. In medicine, it's recognized that there is a certain medical standard that has to be met by educated professionals. It's expected that...

Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., a hospital professional liability insurer, published a report earlier this week that captures the state of medical malpractice claims in the United States. The insurance company found that there's been a significant increase in $5...

Going to the hospital is a very stressful situation no matter the reason for your visit. You don't expect to leave the hospital in a worse condition than when you arrived. However, this happens all too often at hospitals in New York City and throughout the country....

People sometimes joke about dying of a broken heart, but you may be surprised to learn that the term might not be as far from the truth as you think. Broken heart syndrome, a little-known term to describe symptoms that resemble a heart attack, can create confusion...

Communication is key when dealing with physicians, specialists, surgeons, nurses and other medical personnel. A number of patients in New York and across the country have several people looking over their medical care, and rely on communication between these...

Imagine being admitted to the hospital for a procedure or treatment expecting to feel better when you leave, only to get sicker from an infection you acquired while hospitalized. You and other New York residents may be interested in learning about Legionnaires’...