Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

This deep dive into medical malpractice statistics reveals how often patients file claims, where they file most often, how much they typically receive and other essential information. Find figures ...

Preventable medical errors encompass a wide range of mistakes including misdiagnosis, medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections and communication breakdowns among health ...

Here are 30 statistics on the top 10 most expensive types of medical errors in the United States, according to a June 2010 study conducted for the Society of Actuaries. The study, titled “The Economic ...

The spectre of medical errors is a critically important subject, one that is as old as organised medical practice itself. What is striking, however, is not merely their longevity but their alarming ...

In the March 2001 issue of Health Care News, we reported “as many as 98,000 Americans are dying each year as a result of medical errors. Former President Clinton and Congress jumped on the issue ...

Medical errors are a sobering reality in healthcare systems around the world. Despite the best efforts of medical professionals, mistakes can and do happen. Understanding the impact of these errors on ...

True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse than ...

As we saw in last week’s essay, preventable errors are unnecessary, avoidable threats to obtaining beneficial therapy. Correcting them is prohibitive in terms of financial, emotional and physical ...