Medical Malpractice

Patients generally trust the doctors who treat them. While the vast majority of doctors take patient care seriously, some are not as safety-conscious as they should be. When medical professionals are negligent, patients can suffer harm, which could lead to grounds...

Medical malpractice is far more common than many people assume. A 2016 study from Johns Hopkins Medicine determined that medical errors were the third-leading cause of death in the United States, behind heart disease and cancer. The study calculated that almost 10% of...

How do you know if your surgeon is competent? Most of the time, patients don’t have long relationships with their surgeons. Most patients are referred to a surgeon by their primary care doctor or specialist. In fact, they likely will meet the surgeon just once for a...

Dental malpractice can often times be overlooked when we think about medical malpractice claims.  However, it does fall under the same category, and catastrophic dental errors are more common than one may think. It is not unheard of for dentists to operate outside...

A study conducted by the Institute of Medicine more than two decades ago revealed that at least 2.9% and 3.7% of the patients that were admitted to the hospital in 1999 in the United States fell victim to some type of medical errors. At least 9.8% to 15.7% of those...

Peripheral artery disease is a condition affecting somewhere between 8 and 12 million people over 50 in the U.S. It is a circulatory disease where blood flow to the limbs is restricted by the build-up of a fatty substance called plaque in the arteries (the hardening...

When people in Iowa undergo surgery, they may face at least some risk of complications even when everything goes well during the procedure. However, in many cases, medical errors are to blame when people suffer injuries and negative health consequences after a...

Iowa residents may notice the next time they enter an emergency room that it's unusually crowded. Overcrowding in ERs has been an issue for more than a decade. The Institute of Medicine made a report on it back in 2007, saying that overcrowding raises the risk for...

When Iowa residents visit a doctor or a hospital due to an illness, they may expect to receive a correct diagnosis and proper treatment. When they go to the pharmacy to fill their prescription, they may expect to receive an appropriate drug to treat their condition....

In the July 2019 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology can be found the results of a survey concerning the diagnosis of a skin disease called hidradenitis suppurativa, or HS. Iowa residents should know that in this multinational survey, 64% of...