Medical Malpractice

Is There a Safer Day of the Week to Have Elective Surgery?

The weekend effect has been previously documented through studies. The weekend effect alleges that a patient who visits the emergency room on Saturday or Sunday...

Kentucky Study Finds Music in OR Could Put Patients at Risk

Last month, a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggested that noise in the operating room generally, and music in...

Should Hospitals Test Doctors for Drugs and Alcohol?

Two Johns Hopkins doctors and patient safety experts recently published an online comment on the Journal of the American Medical Association website that has people...

Experts Suggest 10 Strategies to Improve Patient Safety

For the first time in a decade, experts have issued an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report, identifying ways to improve patient safety from...

Possible Connection between Finances & Surgical Complication

A new study in the April 17, 2013 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found a possible connection between hospitals’ possible financial profit and...

Limiting Medical Intern Days May Endanger Patients

In 2011, the number of consecutive hours a medical intern could work during a hospital shift was lowered to 16. One of the reasons for...