Medical Malpractice

When a North Carolina patient goes to the hospital for a procedure, he or she expects to receive quality care from every medical professional involved. From the surgeon to the techs, each health care provider should provide service that meets a certain standard. This...

A mistake with medication can cause significant negative side effects to a patient. When the patient is an infant, that mistake can have especially dire consequences. However, there is good news from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about a scientific...

When a patient is in a North Carolina hospital or under the care of a doctor, he or she may receive care from multiple providers. Handoffs are common, whether it’s a surgeon handing off a patient to a nurse post-operation or handing off a patient to another type of...

It seems that almost everything is computerized. When a North Carolina resident visits the doctor, data related to the visit is entered into the computer and any prescriptions are electronically sent to the pharmacy. Additionally, this information is uploaded to the...

Surgery can be a scary thing. It seems as if there is always someone who has a story regarding their own or a friend’s surgical complications. The truth is, surgical errors are not common, and the majority of North Carolina medical professionals do their best to make...

Many individuals trust their doctors to take the necessary steps to render an appropriate diagnosis of their condition. They don't stop to think about how doctors are human and make mistakes. They do, though. There are steps that all of us, as patients, can take to...

Doctors, nurses and other clinical professionals are an integral part of our lives, especially at the beginning and towards the end. In order to let them help us, we must implicitly trust that they have our best interests at heart, and this is almost always true. But...

North Carolina relies heavily on its medical care infrastructure, which exemplifies the industrial success of the state. Physicians are respected members of society who are arguably the most important part of it. But the trust we give them may be horribly misplaced if...

Doctors and health care professionals are always there to help in our times of greatest need. The trust that we have in physicians makes it even harder in the rare event that the profession fails us and leaves us worse than we were before we were treated.For most of...

We must implicitly trust doctors to tend to our health when we are injured or ill. Fortunately, physicians take oaths and face strict regulations to make sure they do no harm to their patients. But promises are only as perfect as the people making them, and no one is...