Reducing medication errors caused by distractions
Nurses in New York City hospitals have difficult and important jobs, and they are rarely able to complete their shifts without being frequently distracted or interrupted. The errors that such interruptions lead to can be serious, and nurses are expected to focus intently on what they are doing to avoid distractions when performing important tasks such as sorting or administering medications.
New York man claims hospital responsible for wife’s death
The husband of a New York woman who died at a Brooklyn hospital in February 2015 is calling on the state to launch an investigation into her death. He alleges that medical staff mistreated his wife and that she died due to medical malpractice.
The importance of Rare Disease Day
New York residents may be familiar with Rare Disease Day, a campaign effort to raise awareness regarding the affect of rare diseases on many people and their families. The Council of National Alliances and Eurordis started Rare Disease Day back in 2008 in Europe, and, as of 2015, there were 80 countries participating in the event, which occurs annually on the last day of February. While the goal of the campaign is to mainly alert the public to the dangers of rare diseases, its backers also hope to appeal to people such as doctors, researchers, policy makers and public authority figures who may be able to help advance treatments for the diseases.
Personal Injury Awards in Divorce Cases
The divorce rate among the general population is extremely high. In the United States, the current divorce statistics is estimated at 50 percent. The divorce rate for first marriage is 41 percent, while the rate for second marriages is 60 percent. For third time marriages, the divorce rate is 73 percent. According to the Discovery […]
Coal Mine Accidents and Worker’s Compensation Insurance
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, coal mining employees have a higher risk of being killed or incurring a non-fatal injury or illness, and their injuries are more likely to be more severe than private industry workers as a whole. In 2007, the fatal injury rate in the coal mining industry was 24.8 per […]
Compensation Claims for Broken or Fractured Bones
According to an analysis from Diederich Healthcare, 2013 marked the first time since 2003 that there was a significant spike in the total number of payouts as well as the total amount for medical malpractice payouts. Compared to 2013, in the most recent fiscal year, there was a significant increase in the number of medical […]
Compensation for a Wrist Injury
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent annual study showed that 186,830 nonfatal occupational injuries to hands and wrists involved days away from work. According to the US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the most common and costly occupational health problem in the country is repetitive hand injuries. […]
How to Answer 5 Common Personal Injury Deposition Questions
Out of all the personal injury cases in the United States, 4 to 5 percent go to trial. This means that 95 to 96 percent are settled pretrial. In 2013, there was an increase of 2 percent in civil case filings in the US district courts, going up by 6,162 cases to a whopping 284,604. […]
Injury Checklist: What to Carry along When You go to Meet Your Lawyer
Before you meet with your personal injury lawyer for the first time, it is important that you collect all the documents that you may have relating to your accident, and injuries and file them together. This will help your personal injury attorney understand and prepare a case in your favor. The odds of your winning […]
Tummy Tuck Complication and Medical Malpractice
In a recent study that looked at about 25,000 people who had abdominoplasty, or tummy tuck surgery, between 2008 and 2013, researchers found that 4 percent of the people suffered major post-surgery complications, which is higher than the average rate of 1.4 percent for other cosmetic surgery procedures. According to statistics by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, in the United States, abdominoplasty is the 6th most common cosmetic surgery.