Reports from Our Medical & Medication Error Lawyers

David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Medical records are important documentation of a patient’s health history, and current and past treatment. Incorrect information in a patient’s medical record could result in serious patient injuries. When a patient requests the help of a skilled attorney in the aftermath of an injury, medical records are the primary source of information. Louisiana patients may be interested in some of the incorrect documentation that other patients have found in their records. One woman recounted her experience of discovering a potentially dangerous mistake in her elderly father’s medical record. After a move across the country, the woman’s father suffered a fall.......

By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. Advance directives allow patients to make decisions about their long-term care. According to Medicare.gov a properly executed advance directive can tell doctors and your family what you want, so that should you become too ill to make decisions for yourself, doctors and family know what your wishes would be. Advance directives can provide detailed information about whether you would want dialysis, want to be on a breathing machine, or want to be tube fed, should you become too ill to make these decisions for yourself. An advance directive can also provide doctors with information about whether you want to donate......