Painter Law Firm

Physicians, nurses, and other providers cause health care errors when they don't listen to patients

Patient information has an important role in the diagnostic and treatment process

Nursing, physician, pharmacy medication errors can cause patient harm

Clinical alarms are only helpful when hospital staff members pay attention to them

Delays in testing can lead to diagnostic and treatment errors

Sponges, needles, and gauze are the most common surgical items negligently left behind in patients' bodies

One hospital recently admitted to surgically removing the wrong man's prostate gland

Some fall risk tools don't account for these factors, and can lead to nursing medical malpractice

Wisconsin hospital fired all anesthesiologist physicians and replaced them with less trained, cheaper CRNAs

Drug errors account for up to 9,000 deaths annually in the United States

New Indiana law bans health care providers from using deceptive or misleading advertising that misrepresents their education, background, and skills