Painter Law Firm

Do large hospital mergers and chains necessarily equal quality patient care?

What might the potential merger of Memorial Hermann Health System and Baylor Scott & White Health mean to the quality of care?

Surgical positioning injuries and medical malpractice

Poor padding, protection, and positioning can cause permanent nerve injuries

Chronic wound and bedsore prevention, treatment, and medical malpractice

Around 4.5 million Americans have chronic wounds

Painter Law Firm files medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against three doctors on medical staff at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center

In medical expert's opinion, two doctors didn't address respiratory distress, and another doctor caused a massive chest bleed by cutting patient's lung

What happens when your physician doctors (alters) your medical records?

Wrongful death lawsuit uncovered that surgeon accessed patient's records "on a number of occasions" after her death

What you need to know about new medical schools in Conroe and Houston

Academic/teaching hospitals do not consistently supervise still in their training, which can put patients at risk

Houston's Park Plaza Hospital has been cited with two Medicare/Medicaid violations so far in 2018

Hospital violations for quality of care issues sometimes uncover medical malpractice

Absent surgeon testifies that hospital records are missing, incorrect

For two critical days during a hospitalization, a defendant-surgeon was nowhere to be found

New guideline will improve newborn safety at hospitals

There have been cases where the wrong baby was taken to the operating room for surgery, or sent home with another baby's mother

The role of medical devices in causing pressure injuries

Almost one-third of hospital-acquired pressure injuries are caused by medical devices