A doctor or medical professional who is often overwhelmed can make poor decisions while filling out a prescription or talking to you. When these preventable mistakes happen, you could suffer from serious physical consequences without realizing why. Writing incorrect...
Doctor Errors
Should medical malpractice claims be backed up by video?
Lately, there have been more news reports of police officers using excessive force. There is public outcry for transparency on the part of law enforcement. Using body cameras and dash cams to record officers while they work has been a proposed solution. Proponents of...
Oklahoma doctor facing felony charges for deliberate misdiagnosis
When someone becomes ill, friends and family members turn to the best available doctor in town for that person's treatment. However, if the doctor commits an error while diagnosing the illness, the consequences can be severe. The consequences may be even worse if that...
Which medical errors should doctors disclose?
Historically, doctors have avoided disclosing the majority of medical errors to their patients out of fear of being sued for medical malpractice and because they were uncomfortable with the disclosure process. However, increasing numbers of doctors, including some in...
Woman sues for doctor negligence, claims compensation
Cases of doctor negligence are not new in Oklahoma. In a recent case, a woman is suing her doctors in court claiming in her lawsuit that her doctors failed to conduct necessary genetic testing and therefore were negligent in providing her with proper medical...
Surgeon with 11 malpractice payouts keeps working unabated
A heartbreaking story about a surgery gone wrong -- and the failures of doctors, though one in particular takes the cake, to monitor the patient -- exemplifies one of the issues in the medical field today. We start the story with a simple procedure: an appendectomy,...