Medical Malpractice
Advance Directives Can Protect All Kinds of Patients from Pain and Suffering
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…
Read MoreMedical malpractice: Nurse’s error results in death of patient
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Certain medications administered in a hospital or doctor’s office setting require multiple step safety guards to help prevent medication administration errors. Some medications are more dangerous than others if administered incorrectly. Louisiana patients may be saddened to learn that a nurse’s error may have resulted in the death of a patient. The family may be seeking the advice of a medical malpractice attorney in the aftermath of her death. The patient sought the care of medical professionals for headaches, swelling of the brain and other symptoms. Reportedly, the patient was in stable condition. As part of the…
Read MoreWhen Medical Scribes Make Mistakes
By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. JACKSON, Mississippi. As doctors spend more and more time on their computers writing up patient records, some doctors have chosen to outsource their note taking to medical scribes. Medical scribes are generally not doctors. They are often paid minimum wage (or just slightly above minimum wage) to take doctor’s notes. According to the New Yorker, medical scribes are essentially glorified note-takers, and their rates of error can be as high 50 percent, according to one study. When medical scribes make mistakes, and when doctors rely on patient’s records drawn up by medical scribes to make diagnostic decisions, medical malpractice can occur. In some…
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