Connecticut Medical Malpractice: Keeping Yourself Safe At The Hospital
It can be very stressful if you or a loved one need to go into a hospital for surgery or other procedure, especially during this COVID time. When you enter a hospital, there are ways you can keep yourself safe and avoid a Connecticut medical malpractice injury. If you are in a hospital, it is … Keep reading…
Connecticut Medical Malpractice: Ways To Prevent Medication Errors
One of the best ways to prevent an error is to become an active participant in your healthcare, or that of a loved one. Medication errors occur when the wrong dose, wrong medication, or wrong route are administered. Here are nine ways you can work to prevent a permanent medication injury. Make sure every single … Keep reading…
Connecticut Medical Malpractice: Elective Surgery Complications
After several months of emergency and life-threatening surgical procedures allowed in hospitals, elective procedures are opening back up. Even with an elective surgery, like a joint replacement, complications after a surgery can be scary, life-threatening and the result of medical malpractice. In Connecticut, medical malpractice is a deviation from the standard of care that causes … Keep reading…
Connecticut Medical Malpractice: Reusable Medical Devices Can Cause Infections
In an age where hospitals are trying to cut costs, it is important for you and your loved ones to remain vigilant about your health. Certain procedures may have the ability to take advantage of reusable tools. You may be wary of this as a patient or loved one of a patient, and it is … Keep reading…
Connecticut Medical Malpractice: 10 Patient Safety Concerns
Connecticut medical malpractice occurs when there is a deviation from the standard of care that leaves the patient with a significant, permanent injury including death. There are times when hospitals and their employees are liable for these injuries. It is also no secret that hospitals and health care providers are looking to streamline their processes. … Keep reading…
Spring 2020: How Did Connecticut Hospitals Do?
The Leapfrog Group released its hospital rankings focused on transparency, quality and safety in the U.S. healthcare system. The scores were based on how well each hospital kept its patients safe from infections, injuries, errors and accidents. These scores do not take into account data from the recent COVID-19 outbreak. Hospitals that received an A … Keep reading…
5 Ways You Can Protect Yourself From A Pharmacy Error
Medication errors are when a patient takes the medication improperly (doses too close together, wrong time, wrong medication) or a pharmacist dispensed the incorrect medication. If a pharmacist dispenses medication at a dose that was not prescribed by a doctor, and resulted in a significant, permanent injury this may be considered Connecticut medical malpractice. The … Keep reading…
Connecticut Medical Malpractice: Shocking Statistics About Busy Surgeons
Connecticut medical malpractice can be caused when healthcare providers deviate from the standard of care and it causes a patient (or their loved ones, in a case of death) significant and permanent harm or injury. A study from a medical malpractice insurance carrier conducted some research on the claims they processed between 2014-2018. The results … Keep reading…
Connecticut Medical Malpractice: Busy Surgeons Put Patients At Risk
Connecticut medical malpractice occurs when there is a deviation from the standard of care. That deviation can occur during a surgical procedure when a surgeon acts in error, ordering the wrong medication, or fails to order proper post-surgical care. A recent study released by a medical malpractice insurer shows that overtired and overworked doctors will … Keep reading…
Opioid Overdoses Top 1,200 in Connecticut In 2019
The opioid epidemic continues to have a strong foothold in Connecticut. The Connecticut Medical Examiner recently released information regarding opioid deaths. In 2019, Connecticut’s chief medical examiner attributed 94% of all accidental deaths to opioid overdose with 1,200 deaths exactly in the state caused from opioid overdose. In 2019, there was an increase of 29% … Keep reading…