Most nursing home residents must deal with serious, chronic medical conditions. They take medication to deal with these illnesses and often rely on staff members to administer them. Unfortunately, workers at nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Delaware...
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Taking steps to prove a medical malpractice claim
Delaware patients generally expect their doctors to treat them with professional care and kindness. Unfortunately, even doctors who appear to have excellent bedside manners can still make life-altering mistakes. Unfortunately, proving that a doctor committed medical...
The relationship between burnout and medical errors
Everyone can make mistakes at work. However, a doctor’s mistake can result in the death of a patient. Unfortunately, medical errors are not rare in the United States, and many of them are the result of excessive burnout in doctors and nurses. Healthcare workers often...
Long-term care residents could suffer due to medication errors
Medical patients and those in different types of long-term care facilities assume that the care they are receiving meets appropriate standards. Long-term care residents are often unable to care for themselves or understand their own medical needs, which is why...
Medication errors can cause serious harm to patients
When a Delaware patient is prescribed medication by a doctor or is given medication directly while in the hospital, that patient rightfully assumes that the specific prescription and dosage is correct. Unfortunately, medication errors do happen, and they can result in...
Medication errors can cause serious harm to patients
When a Delaware patient is prescribed medication by a doctor or is given medication directly while in the hospital, that patient rightfully assumes that the specific prescription and dosage is correct. Unfortunately, medication errors do happen, and they can result in...
Medical malpractice concerns in cardiology
Heart health is important for living a long, healthy life. Unfortunately, the cardiologists who are responsible for caring for Delaware patients’ heart health are not always as attentive as they should be. According to recent data, nearly 60% of all practicing...
Is requesting a doctor’s credentialing file always feasible?
When you visit a medical facility for treatment, you may expect doctors to be capable of providing you with a certain standard of care. After all, doctors spend years studying and training to practice medicine and go through extensive vetting processes before...
Medical malpractice claim filed after death of a loved one
A grieving family member is pursuing legal recourse after a loved one died in the hospital. The son of the decedent claims the hospital was negligent and reckless in the care administered to his father, due to a fatal medication error. He is pursuing compensation and...
What should a patient do after a medical mistake?
When Delaware patients turn to doctors and other types of care providers, it is with the expectation that they will receive a certain level of care. When doctors, hospitals, nurses, technicians and others violate that trust through some type of negligence or a medical...