Hospital Mistake Medical Malpractice Resources | Page 3 | CHH Law

Walk into any medical facility in the Chicago area and throughout the entire United States and you will find a sterile, pristine and bright building filled with doctors and nurses who have obtained advanced degrees and have attended extensive training seminars to learn how to care and treat patients who suffer from a variety of […]
Medical Error

While a hospital may seem like a safe place to stay, that’s not always the case. Hospital workers have a lot to pay attention to with patient care, and as one new doctor learned, sometimes simple safety issues are overlooked. A Harvard Medical School graduate learned some of her most valuable lessons — particularly about […]
Medical Error

The sudden need to seek hospital care for an illness or injury can be nerve-wracking for some folks in Chicago, yet a hospital’s high standards in patient care can help to alleviate any apprehension. Folks might not fully understand the state of their health when they first seek medical treatment, but they trust that hospitals […]
Patient Safety

Our Illinois medical professionals are held to the highest standards in order to provide the best care for each patient on a daily basis. But when hospitals, doctors and nurses fail to follow the standard of care, they are prone to making serious, if not fatal mistakes when it comes to treating or diagnosing a […]
Wrongful Death

Just last week, the Health Affairs journal published a new study on medical mistakes- paying close attention to the cost of errors made during hospital stays. The study found that for every dollar spent on heath care, as much as 45 cents is spent making (and attempting to fix) medical mistakes. In 1999, an Institute […]
Medical Error

Medical errors happen every day. When most people hear about mistakes being made in hospitals that lead to severe brain damage or permanent injury, they think that it is the exception to the rule and certainly could never happen to their family. Unfortunately, for one family a simple medication error led to a permanent injury […]
Medical Malpractice Reform

According to one of the latest medical studies, the good news is that most prescription errors in hospitals can be narrowed down to a handful of characteristics. The bad news is that theseprescription errors continue to occur. The study, published in January’s edition of the Journal of Pain, found that for every 1,000 prescriptions written […]
Medical Research + Medications and Overdose

As you may have heard before, July is the worst time of the year to go to the hospital due largely to the influx of brand new residents, fresh from medical school who are more apt to make medical mistakes. But this summer – thanks to new standards enacted by the Accreditation Council for Graduate […]
Medical Malpractice + Patient Safety