When you’re being treated for a medical condition or injury, you assume you’ll be monitored. You expect your nurses and doctors to keep a close eye on whether you’re getting better or worse. If something changes in your condition, you want your health care...
Medical Malpractice
How to Sue a Hawaii Hospital or Doctor for Malpractice
You trusted the doctor and nurses to take care of you. Whether you needed emergency care or went in for a planned procedure, you expect to come out the other side better than before. But all it takes is one moment for a health care provider to be careless, and you...
Medical Malpractice Damage Caps in Hawaii
The practice of medicine is as much an art as it is a science. Doctors are highly educated and trained to diagnose and treat medical conditions and injuries. But figuring out what’s wrong and the best way to correct it isn’t always a straightforward process. Most...
Misdiagnosis of Pneumonia
Pneumonia is such a well-known condition that you’d think doctors would catch it quickly. But the truth is that pneumonia often goes undiagnosed and untreated. If you suffered a serious complication or lost a loved one because of a misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis of...
Hawaii Medical Malpractice Statistics
Successfully pursuing a medical malpractice claim requires knowledge and experience. Hawaii has created an administrative process you must follow. Then, you need sufficient proof by expert medical witnesses that the doctor or other healthcare provider breached their...
Washington Medical Malpractice Stats
Determining the exact number of medical malpractice occurrences in Washington each year is difficult, but from the data we have, we can assume the numbers are high. Medical mistakes have become so common in the U.S. that they are one of the top causes of death....
How to Check if Your Doctor Has Been Sued for Medical Malpractice
Whether you are choosing a new doctor, or you believe your current physician made a mistake, you may want to learn more about your doctor’s history. Have they ever been sued for medical malpractice, sanctioned, or had their license suspended? All of this can be...
Can I Sue My Doctor or Hospital for Negligence?
Washington law may entitle you to sue your physician or a medical facility if they violated the standard of care and caused you harm. When you or your family member’s medical care doesn’t go as planned and injuries have occurred, you may wonder if the doctor or the...
Virtual Healthcare (Telemedicine) and You
Telemedicine, or telehealth, can connect us to our doctors in ways never before possible. With prescriptions and small questions that may not require an in-person appointment, to meeting with a specialist hundreds of miles away, it’s easier to have accessible and...
Hospital Errors and Malpractice
Modern medicine has come quite a long way, but human errors in hospital settings are ever present. Despite the many years of combined training, expertise and experience, there are still many opportunities for individual health care providers and care teams to make...