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How Improved Health Literacy Can Improve Well-Being and Care Outcomes

Jonathan Stone November 3, 2025 No Comments

Ninety percent. According to research, that’s the percentage of adults who struggle with proficient health literacy. Health literacy plays a crucial role in helping patients understand their medical conditions and…

Recognizing Common Doctor Errors

Jonathan Stone December 2, 2024 No Comments

Understanding Common Forms of Medical Malpractice In medical treatment, complications and adverse outcomes are always possible. However, when healthcare professionals fail to abide by the applicable standard of care, resulting…

How Do I Find a Good Medical Malpractice Lawyer?

Jonathan Stone July 31, 2023 No Comments

Cases are difficult, expensive, and take a long time. There are quite a few procedural obstacles that medical malpractice victims need to overcome to prove their case. A good medical…

Understanding Hospital Negligence

Jonathan Stone February 12, 2023 No Comments

Medical malpractice is one of the most complex areas of law – and hospital negligence can be one of the hardest forms of medical malpractice to determine. It all comes…

Is July a Bad Month to go to the Hospital?

Jonathan Stone July 1, 2022 No Comments

A study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that teaching hospitals experience an exponential rise in medication errors every July like clockwork – which just happens to…

Doctor Errors Happen, Here are Some Ways to Avoid Them

Jonathan Stone April 5, 2018 No Comments

Doctor errors happen. That is a fact. Medicine isn’t the only occupation in which errors occur. There are mechanic errors, fast food errors, printing errors, etc… Every sort of work…

Understanding Medical Malpractice (Infographic)

Jonathan Stone July 7, 2017 No Comments

Understanding medical malpractice and why it happens can be difficult. This post and infographic will hopefully help. When we go to a doctor or hospital, we put our faith in…

Patient Safety Checklist to avoid Doctor Errors

Jonathan Stone June 22, 2017 No Comments

Avoiding doctor errors is something everyone wants to do. After all, a visit to the doctor or a hospital is about feeling better, not worse. Most of the time patient…

Doctor Errors, Bad Outcomes, and Medical Malpractice

Jonathan Stone June 2, 2017 No Comments

A bad outcome to a medical procedure is the last thing anyone plans on when going to the doctor. After all, you go to the doctor to be healed. It…

Helping Medical Malpractice Victims Overcome Guilt

Jonathan Stone April 24, 2017 No Comments

Victims of Medical Malpractice Often Need Help Overcoming Guilt When a client comes to talk to us about whether they should file a medical malpractice case or not, one of…

Chicago doctors, hospital executives arrested for kickback scheme

Jonathan Stone April 26, 2013 No Comments

Last week, the Chicago Tribune reported that several doctors and at least two hospital officials were arrested for being involved in an alleged kickback scheme at Sacred Heart Hospital. After…

Ignoring alarms in hospitals leads to dozens of deaths every year

Jonathan Stone April 17, 2013 No Comments

If you have been reading some of the recent posts on our Chicago medical malpractice law blog, you may have come to the conclusion that there are too many things…

Nursing home fined for patient’s Coumadin-related injuries, death

Jonathan Stone March 29, 2013 No Comments

When Chicago nursing home patients are prescribed Coumadin or warfarin, their nurses and other caretakers must be especially careful and attentive when administering the drug. Coumadin helps to prevent strokes…

Dozens of injuries reported due to inadequate staffing at nursing home

Jonathan Stone March 7, 2013 No Comments

Nursing homes are supposed to be safe places for elderly Chicago residents and other vulnerable patients. In order to provide patients with a safe facility, though, nursing homes must make…

Lawsuit: Clinic gave woman vitamins instead of birth control pills

Jonathan Stone February 13, 2013 No Comments

While some medication errors may be life threatening, it seems others may be life giving. Demonstrating the importance of assuring patients in the U.S. are given correct medications, a medical…

Medications prescribed to pregnant women show adverse effects

Jonathan Stone February 13, 2013 No Comments

Chicago patients rely on doctors for safe care, including the prescribing of medications that are both effective and safe. However, there are times when doctors prescribe medications with potential risks…

New doctor learns valuable patient safety lessons at mother’s bedside

Jonathan Stone January 21, 2013 No Comments

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…

Studies give pregnant women conflicting information about SSRIs

Jonathan Stone January 11, 2013 No Comments

Pregnancy is an exciting time for many Chicago women and their partners. However, women might also become overwhelmed by all of the conflicting dos and don’ts they may hear about…

Pharmacy teams in ER may help improve patient safety

Jonathan Stone January 4, 2013 No Comments

Doctors in Chicago write numerous prescriptions each week, and careful consideration should be made by a doctor each time a patient needs medicine in order to protect patients from medication…

Chicago doctors warned not to prescribe Pradaxa to some patients

Jonathan Stone December 28, 2012 No Comments

To avoid making serious or fatal prescription medication errors, Chicago doctors need to have a vast knowledge of medications that are used to treat a variety of illnesses and other…

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How Improved Health Literacy Can Improve Well-Being and Care Outcomes

Recognizing Common Doctor Errors

How Do I Find a Good Medical Malpractice Lawyer?

Understanding Hospital Negligence

Is July a Bad Month to go to the Hospital?

Doctor Errors Happen, Here are Some Ways to Avoid Them

Understanding Medical Malpractice (Infographic)

Patient Safety Checklist to avoid Doctor Errors

Doctor Errors, Bad Outcomes, and Medical Malpractice

Helping Medical Malpractice Victims Overcome Guilt

Chicago doctors, hospital executives arrested for kickback scheme

Ignoring alarms in hospitals leads to dozens of deaths every year

Nursing home fined for patient’s Coumadin-related injuries, death

Dozens of injuries reported due to inadequate staffing at nursing home

Lawsuit: Clinic gave woman vitamins instead of birth control pills

Medications prescribed to pregnant women show adverse effects

New doctor learns valuable patient safety lessons at mother’s bedside

Studies give pregnant women conflicting information about SSRIs

Pharmacy teams in ER may help improve patient safety

Chicago doctors warned not to prescribe Pradaxa to some patients

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