On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, August 2, 2017. A woman is suing a medical facility in the state after claims that negligence on the part of her mother’s doctors caused her mother to die. She has filed suit both on behalf of her mother and individually for the death, filing against the Oschner Baptist Medical Center and Oschner Baptist Clinic Foundation, along with two doctors from those facilities located in Louisiana. The suit was filed in the 24th Judicial District Court citing the doctors’ failure to diagnose her mother. The woman’s suit claims that her mother began experiencing difficulty breathing back in 2012. She was......
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August 2nd, 2017Do Electronic Health Records Reduce Medical Malpractice?
July 31st, 2017On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Monday, July 31, 2017. According to Modern Healthcare, 96 percent of hospitals in the United States have adopted electronic health record (EHR) systems as of 2015. Both patients and providers are benefitting from the use of EHRs, but no recordkeeping system is foolproof when it comes to preventing medical malpractice. The standard of care that a patient receives could mean the difference between life and death, so you might be surprised to learn that EHR software can have glitches, but how many times have you experienced an error or entered a typo when using your smartphone, tablet, or computer?......
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July 31st, 2017On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Monday, July 31, 2017. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a birth injury that arises as a result of oxygen deprivation, and it can have devastating and even fatal consequences. According to Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, HIE occurs in up to 2.5 per 1,000 live births in developed countries. Since the incidence of HIE has not decreased despite obstetric advancements aimed at preventing it, much of the current medical research focuses instead on minimizing the extent of any subsequent brain damage. Although every case is different, there have been some promising treatments following hypoxic events that appear to prevent brain damage in......
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