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Ronald Johnson (left) and Tyler Cole, holding his son (right). An investigation from the Office of the Inspector General released on Monday found that “significant medical errors” were made when ...

Deaths resulting from medical errors are far more common than they should be. This includes deaths resulting from diagnostic ...

For a fourth year in a row, Maryland recorded an increase in reported medical mistakes, including some that were fatal, the state’s Department of Health said in its annual patient safety report. The ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The Connecticut Office of Inspector General found that “significant medical errors” were made in relation to two inmates who died of overdoses at the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown in July ...

A two-year-old boy arrives at the hospital with a virus and low potassium. His family expect monitoring, fluids, and a careful recovery. Instead, a lawsuit alleges that a single misplaced decimal ...

The spectre of medical errors is a critically important subject, one that is as old as organised medical practice itself. What is striking, however, is not merely their longevity but their alarming ...

Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death, yet healthcare systems continue to struggle to reduce them. A new perspective article argues that fear of legal consequences, institutional ...

Medical negligence in Nigeria came to the fore when author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accused a Lagos hospital of negligence ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...