Resources for Medical Malpractice Medication Errors

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…

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…

The Value of Transparency

Jonathan Stone September 29, 2014 No Comments

Why does transparency matter? We are a society that makes purchasing data based on research and comparison. We want to read others’ reviews of services and service providers before we…

How error-prone terms can lead to medication errors

Jonathan Stone August 20, 2014 No Comments

Medication errors account for a good percentage of medical malpractice cases and the fact of the matter is that they are far too common. Whether a doctor fails to identify…

Prescription Reviews Reduce Costly Medical Errors

Jonathan Stone June 18, 2014 No Comments

Medication errors are caused by many things. With so many factors it can seem like a daunting task to avoid them. The FDA has indicated that drugs with very similar…

CDC worried about increase in antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Jonathan Stone March 8, 2014 No Comments

At some point, most Illinois residents have likely been prescribed an antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection. Antibiotics are readily prescribed to treat infections such as strep throat and ear…

Medication errors found in 9 percent of Illinois nursing homes

Jonathan Stone February 7, 2014 No Comments

The rate of cited drug errors in Illinois nursing homes is lower than the national average, according to the director of the state’s public health department. The news sounds comforting…

Chicago-area family awarded $7M in medication error lawsuit

Jonathan Stone January 1, 2014 No Comments

Illinois residents who have ever been sick or hospitalized know the benefits of both over-the-counter and prescription medications. When administered correctly, these medications can be extremely beneficial and life-saving. There…

Family awarded settlement in lawsuit related to medication error

Jonathan Stone December 21, 2013 No Comments

When hospitalized, patients are routinely given a variety of over-the-counter and prescription drugs to control pain and aid in their recovery. In cases where a patient is in pain, nurses…

Failure to advise patient about medications lead to amputation

Jonathan Stone November 1, 2013 No Comments

Individuals who undergo medical procedures or surgeries must also often take some sort of prescription medication. These medications may be to prevent infections or some other adverse side effect of…

Hospital sued over deaths linked to medication errors

Jonathan Stone October 29, 2013 No Comments

For any individual, dealing with a serious medical condition or illness can be both physically and emotionally draining. When a child is ill, however, the impact on an entire family…

Hundreds of medication errors linked to electronic health records

Jonathan Stone September 20, 2013 No Comments

Technological advances within the medical community are credited with vastly improving the qualify of America’s healthcare system. Today, robots aide doctors in performing numerous surgical procedures and a variety of…

Deadly superbugs linked to over-prescription of antibiotics

Jonathan Stone September 17, 2013 No Comments

The invention and development of antibiotics was one of the most important medical advances of the 20th Century. These drugs have saved countless lives from bacterial infections. But in recent…

Auto-medication devices fail, cause patients to suffer

Jonathan Stone September 12, 2013 No Comments

The world is always changing; and in the past 20 years, this has meant an immense surge forward in our technological capabilities. One of the areas in which technology has…

Hospital worker pleads guilty to infecting patients with hepatitis

Jonathan Stone August 13, 2013 No Comments

A hepatitis C outbreak in several states in 2011 has been traced to a hospital employee who purposely tainted needles in order to spread the disease. The worker is expected…

Tag: Medication Errors

Recognizing Common Doctor Errors

How Do I Find a Good Medical Malpractice Lawyer?

Understanding Hospital Negligence

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

The Value of Transparency

How error-prone terms can lead to medication errors

Prescription Reviews Reduce Costly Medical Errors

CDC worried about increase in antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Medication errors found in 9 percent of Illinois nursing homes

Chicago-area family awarded $7M in medication error lawsuit

Family awarded settlement in lawsuit related to medication error

Failure to advise patient about medications lead to amputation

Hospital sued over deaths linked to medication errors

Hundreds of medication errors linked to electronic health records

Deadly superbugs linked to over-prescription of antibiotics

Auto-medication devices fail, cause patients to suffer

Hospital worker pleads guilty to infecting patients with hepatitis

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