Although Oklahoma healthcare professionals and facilities, such hospitals must provide standards of care, they are not liable for all harms a patient experiences. However, if the provider deviates from the quality of care you expect in a particular situation, they may...
When it comes to medical errors, wrong-site, wrong-procedure, wrong-patient errors are among the most terrifying. These types of errors, also known as WSPEs, are never events. This means that there is never an excuse for these accidents to occur. According to the...
As a patient, you have the right to receive information about your medical diagnosis, treatment options, prognosis and potential side effects of each treatment. The right to informed consent gives patients control over their healthcare. This legal requirement is...
You probably depend on medical professionals to keep you and your loved ones as healthy as possible, but what happens when a delayed medical diagnosis causes severe illness or even death? The National Center for Biotechnology Information notes that such errors are the...
Injury involving medication error is one of the most common types of medical malpractice. Adverse prescription drug events and other medical errors represent the third most common cause of death in the United States according to a Johns Hopkins University study. If...
It is imperative that you trust in any doctor who will provide you care. One of the best ways to ensure you can believe in your doctor is to conduct a background check. Professional information about your doctor is readily available if you know where to look for it....
People in Norman need only take a look around the clinic during their next visit to their doctors' offices to see just how far medical science has come in recent years. Yet even with all of these advances, diagnostic errors remain a problem plaguing both the medical...
You expect your doctor to provide quality care. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and a lack of care can have a devastating impact on your health and wellness. If you recognize any of the following signs of poor medical care, it is time to look for a new...
