When an avoidable injury occurs after treatment, victims may file a malpractice claim. These cases usually ask one central question: Did the care match accepted practice for the same situation and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eva Epker covers what to know about and how to improve women's health. Medical malpractice cases were meant to protect patients ...

About a quarter century ago, Virginia resident physician Daniel Merenstein, MD, spoke with a 53-year-old patient about prostate cancer screening. The man didn’t receive a prostate-specific antigen ...

An examination of the devastating impact of medical malpractice. A World of Hurt: How Medical Malpractice Fails Everyone examines the devastating impact of medical malpractice on patients, doctors, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Medical malpractice looms large in the minds of doctors in the US. New data from Kitchel law ...

Medical malpractice is far more common in some parts of the U.S. than others, with a new report from 24/7 Wall St. highlighting which states see the most claims filed against doctors and hospitals. A ...

When a person falls ill or suffers an injury, they go to their doctor hoping to find healing or some kind of medical support. After all, it is the mission of any kind of doctor to do everything in ...

The American Law Institute has issued a "restatement" of medical malpractice law. The restatement puts more emphasis on the use of evidence-based medicine as a defense, and less emphasis on "customary ...

Sep. 17—Main Line Health has four hospitals, all outside Philadelphia. Yet the nonprofit has been hard hit by a change in medical malpractice rules last year allowing cases to be filed in Philadelphia ...

In Florida, medical malpractice claims are subject to strict deadlines. There are also steps that patients and families are ...