You left Appalachian Regional Healthcare confident that your mother would be safe from further injury until you were able to return to the hospital. While you worried about her medical condition and predictable complications from her illness, injury or surgery, you did not expect that…
Over the past few decades, the move to electronic medical records brought hope that certain types of medical mistakes would be avoided. It was anticipated, for example, that the danger of mistaken identity for Kentucky patients, and others, would be avoided. However, a recent report…
Nine months of anticipation and hope were shattered the second that you heard that your child was stillborn. However, the love that you had your for child remains strong. Now, that the news has been broken and the funeral arrangements have been made you may…
After a relative dies in a Louisville hospital, family members will often wonder how to get justice for having a loved one taken away. While there are a number of actions you can take, it is important to carefully consider the facts of your case…
Like many grieving family members, you may be tempted to think that your ailing loved one’s death was only a matter of time. She had been on life support, and while you thought she was getting better, there was no real way to tell if…
Everyone in Kentucky who goes to a healthcare facility risks contracting a healthcare-associated infection (HAI); if you are on antibiotics, your risk skyrockets. According to FamilyDoctor.org, the incident rates of most HAIs are declining. One, however, is occurring at a historically high rate, to the…