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New York Delayed Diagnosis Attorneys Assisting with Medical Malpractice Claims If you visit an emergency department or your regular physician because you are experiencing certain symptoms, you should be able to expect that you will receive a proper diagnosis. However, emergency room doctors and other healthcare providers can make mistakes that result in delayed diagnoses …
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Uses of medical records can seem vague or unclear to many patients, especially when they have never actually looked at their own medical records themselves. The way in which healthcare providers obtain information from medical records, and the process by which physicians and specialists have access to a particular patient’s medical record can also be …
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Medical malpractice cases turn on key facts, such as what treatment a doctor ordered and what information the doctor knew at the time of diagnosis or treatment. Often, it is difficult to piece together what happened after the fact, so medical records serve a vital purpose. By analyzing records, attorneys and others can reconstruct what …
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Doctors make mistakes, and one common situation involves making a wrong diagnosis. A patient might show up at the emergency room with signs of measles, but the doctor doesn’t correctly identify the disease either because of carelessness, inexperience, or lack of skill. Sometimes a diagnosis is correct but is delayed for various reasons. Any delay …
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Visiting the doctor, a medical specialist, a surgeon, or another healthcare professional only to walk away with more harm and complications than you started with can be unnerving. Unfortunately, such is the reality for hundreds of patients every year – in fact, medical errors are now a leading cause of injury and death throughout the …
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When you suffer from an injury, illness, or chronic health condition, you rely on your doctor and other medical professionals to provide the care and treatment you need. This includes running the appropriate diagnostic tests, interpreting the results properly, and pursuing the best course of action based on the specific circumstances surrounding your case. Failure …
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Traditionally, the plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit must show that a medical professional’s negligence caused the person to suffer a specific injury. However, under another theory, a plaintiff can seek compensation if a doctor’s negligence diminished the plaintiff’s chance of survival. This is called the “loss of chance” doctrine. The doctrine often applies in …
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When a nurse gives someone the wrong drug, their mistake could severely jeopardize the patient’s health. While nurses have the demanding task of taking care of us when we’re sick or injured, we have the right to expect a high standard of care from them. Serious or fatal mistakes are never acceptable. Can I sue …
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Did you recently learn that you suffered serious harm after visiting your doctor for a diagnosis or after scheduling a surgery? Did a pharmacist fill the wrong prescription? Did a laboratory get your results wrong? Did you receive a delayed cancer diagnosis that led to additional harm? If you answered yes to these questions or …
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Medical malpractice at military hospitals and medical facilities poses a major problem. However, due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1950s, active duty service members face great difficulty when it comes to bringing a medical malpractice claim against military doctors and hospitals. The Military Times reports that active duty members of the military …
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