Medical Malpractice
Do Families Have the Right to Make Hospice Personal Injury Claims?
By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Monday, November 5, 2018. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. Medical malpractice claims can often provide a recovery to cover a family member’s personal injury resulting from medical errors. This money can cover additional medical care that may be needed, nursing care, or rehabilitation expenses. Wrongful death claims can also provide families with additional compensation for funeral expenses. But what happens when hospice staff make a mistake? What happens when a family loses a loved one sooner than expected or if a loved one suffers when a funeral is already being planned? Do families have the right to sue when a loved one is hurt due to negligent hospice care?…
Read MoreMedical malpractice: Nurse may have exposed patients to virus
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. When illness, pain or physical injury occurs, most people seek the care and comfort that Louisiana medical professionals can offer. Unfortunately, some patients may experience medical malpractice through inadequate care, failure to diagnose, medication errors and other unfortunate errors. One patient in another state is claiming he suffers from a virus related to the care he received from one nurse. The man sought management of pain from a hospital emergency room in 2011. The man has filed a recent lawsuit, claiming that his nurse administered two doses of morphine during his stay, and the lawsuit further claims…
Read MoreHow Computer-Based Records Still Fail to Prevent Hospital Medication Overdoses
By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Tuesday, October 23, 2018. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. According to Wired, on average, 1 in 15 hospital patients will suffer the consequences of medication errors. These kinds of medical errors cost hospitals $21 billion each year. Wired reports that many hospitals believed that the advent of computer-based medication ordering would improve patient health and reduce the number of errors. After all, a computer system could record a patient’s allergies, and flag any potentially dangerous interactions. Doctors could carefully calibrate dosage using the help of computers. However, Wired recently published an investigation on the ways in which technology can open the doors to new and potentially deadly types of…
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