Persons admitted to a hospital in Ohio hope their condition will improve with proper care. Medical malpractice hardly represents quality care, but mishaps and mistakes occur. Sometimes, medication errors could lead to an adverse reaction, including fatalities....
A number of different types of medical negligence can result in malpractice claims in the state of Ohio. One of the common situations in which medical malpractice claims arise is in regard to a failure to diagnosis. Women who've experienced strokes are particularly...
X-rays are a widely used and accepted diagnostic tool. However, that doesn’t change the complexity of the system. When working with machinery like an X-ray machine in Ohio or other states, things can go wrong or be missed in the process. An X-ray doesn’t diagnose the...
When a birth injury occurs during labor, it can be devastating for both the parents and the child. The damage to the child could be long-term or permanent, and the care could be costly. Parents in Ohio may wonder whether what happened to their child constitutes...
Residents of Ohio go to a hospital to get better, not incur more illnesses. Unfortunately, this routinely occurs in the course of providing health care. Hospital-acquired infections, or HAIs, happen more frequently with certain at-risk factors, one of which is the...
Although the U.S. healthcare industry has some of the world's highest standards, surgical errors still occur in Ohio and throughout the country. Whether you go under the knife for a life-saving emergency procedure or an elective cosmetic surgery, you can't completely...
In recent years, an increasing number of people aged 50 and younger have been diagnosed with colon cancer. While many health organizations don't recommend regular screenings until age 50 and beyond, the median age for colon cancer patients is steadily decreasing. In...
Not all visits to a hospital are going to be for a serious issue, but the one thing all patients expect from visitation is to receive proper medical treatment. However, what happens when treatment is denied and your minor issue becomes a serious one? Does that...
Many people look to their local university medical center for care. This includes medical centers at Ohio State, University of Cincinnati, the Toledo University Medical Center or through their affiliated physicians. However, they may not realize that if they are...
Most medical malpractice lawsuits in Ohio and around the country are brought against negligent physicians, but they may also be filed against hospitals, clinics or other medical facilities, anesthesiologists, nurses or pharmaceutical companies. Whoever the defendant...
