A surgical error is something that happens during surgery that should not have happened. It could include a range of things, such as operating on the wrong body part or leaving a tool behind in your body after surgery. Surgical errors almost always occur due to human...
Many Oklahoma residents have a doctor they frequently visit and trust for their diagnosis and treatment. It is natural not to second guess your doctor’s judgment. Still, in situations where your doctor has diagnosed you with a major disease or life threatening...
Like most people in Oklahoma, you likely have no reason not to completely trust in any diagnosis delivered to you by a doctor. Their assumed expertise in their particular field leads you to feel confident in whatever they have to stay. It is for this very reason why a...
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...
