How are informed consent and medical battery claims different under Texas law?
Appellate court rules that a preliminary expert report properly addressed a medical battery claim against Tomball doctor
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Medicare cites Kingwood Medical Center with four violations over quality of care concerns
Hospital has received 13 Medicare violations since November 2012
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The life-threatening danger when a surgeon or nurse leaves a surgical towel or sponge in your body
These never/sentinel events happen more often that you'd think and can lead to a deadline infection
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Houston court of appeals rules in medical malpractice plaintiff's favor
It's important to hire an experienced Texas medical malpractice attorney to fight early dismissal attempts by desperate defendants
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Lawsuit alleges stroke misdiagnosis at CHI St. Luke’s—The Woodlands Hospital
Medical experts believe that ER physician botched the stroke diagnosis, thinking it was peripheral vertigo
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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?
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It endangers patients when nurses don't tell doctors about abnormal findings
It's up to doctors to diagnose and treat patients, but they can't do their job when nurses hold back important clinical information
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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
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Child dies from hematoma, spinal cord compression after spinal tap
Doctors and nurses discounted patient's complaint of severe back pain until it was too late
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Medical malpractice/wrongful death lawsuit: Plaintiff alleges that surgeon and anesthesiologist at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital injure patient, cause death
38-year-old educator recently died as a result of her injuries
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