Archive for October, 2012

Is Technology Making, or Breaking Medical Malpractice?

Thursday, October 11th, 2012

Medicine is one aspect of our world today that we heavily rely on no matter what part of the world we reside in. When it comes down to medicine we use it for multiple reasons whether we simply have the cold, or a more serious health problem. However, in order to get medication, and the proper treatment we rely not only on health professionals and their expertise, as well as experience, but also health care systems, and providers. However, can we truly rest assure that the systems and programs that they are using today are actually doing the necessary, and correct job?

Technology: Helping, or Hurting?

Technology is a part of our world that is forever expanding and changing. Within the medical field, technology has greatly shaped and molded treatments and medications that not only heal patients, but also ultimately save their lives. However, these forms of technology cannot properly be used if patients are not actually having their information properly filed with accurate information. Many hospitals, and health care facilities today have turned to using electronic filing systems versus past forms of filing, which required an actual file full of paper work that had to be copied, and lugged around all over a hospital from one department to the next.

What You Can Expect

While the new filing system is helping make patient file and records more readily available not only in one hospital, but any health care facility they are seeking treatment the system itself is also causing problems. Recently, many cases have begun to come to light that show when using this form of filing that patients records can actually have information not accurate with not only their health and condition, but also the amount of medication they should receive. How is this actually occurring though? When it comes down to errors within an electronic system one can either assume, as well as see, that they are either deriving from an individual either inputting in false information, or malfunctions and glitches within filing programs.

Recently, research and statistics were released by the government that stated that this year alone 60,000 medical errors were expected to occur due to issues with medical electronic filing systems, which was also expected to increase.

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Do Surgical Errors Reported Properly?

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Medicine and medical treatment is one aspect of our lives that we heavily depend on especially in this day and age. Today, we rely on the experience, and knowledge of doctors and health professionals to help us with a variety of needs that range from diagnosis of our illness, prescribing medication or a treatment plan, surgical techniques and procedures, and eventually our regular checkup and health screenings. Yet, can we actually trust these individuals to not only do their job, but also admit a mistake when one is made? Unfortunately, signs and cases are beginning to give us answers that are continuing to point to no with more medical malpractice cases coming to light today.

Cutting Into A Problem, or Making One?

When it comes down to the premise of medical malpractice there are a variety of different forms, and ways it actually occurs whether its due to inexperience, or apathy towards a situation. Yet, what type of medical malpractice, or negligence can you expect when it comes down to that of surgery? Many individuals today will eventually have a surgical procedure done to them at one point or another. Surgical procedures can either have an individual in and out of the hospital in the same day, or can require patients to stay for a while in order to properly monitor and make sure that the procedure was a success.

The True Results of Surgery

However, when it comes down to surgical procedures it relies on the skill, concentration, and experience of a dedicated surgeon and his team in order to make sure that the procedure is not only carried out with extreme sensitivity, but also with precision, and accuracy. Errors can easily occur in surgery when surgeons encounter an aspect of an individual’s body does not properly correspond with how it should, or do not completely follow procedures, as they should. One would then assume that surgeons would either correct the issue, or notify an individual of any complications that occurred while in surgery.

Yet, that is not the case at all and many people are now suffering surgical complications due to not only the inexperience of a surgeon, but also their lack of care, or concern. Remember, when you or a loved one has been the victim of a surgical error you need an experienced medical malpractice attorney on your side from start to finish in order to seek out the potential damages you may be entitled to.

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