LACOMBE MARCUS P ATTY
Lake Charles, LA:
Medication errors can cause harm to patients
Medical malpractice can take many forms. One kind that may endanger many patients is medication errors. Many situations may result in a prescription error. According to the U.S. National Library of
What causes medication errors made by professionals?
Medications can treat everything from fungal infections to chronic pain, but they require proper administration and oversight to benefit a patient. You may assume that medical mistakes involving
How to prevent malpractice lawsuits due to EHR errors
An elderly female patient with nose/ear complaints mistakenly received a prescription for Flomax—a treatment for enlarged prostate, which isn’t approved for use by women and has a side
How brain cancer harmed the ACA
For the second time in three years, the Supreme Court is poised to rule on whether a critical piece of the Affordable Care Act is constitutional.
Are prior authorization insurance requirements killing patients?
As a medical oncologist with a full-time practice, I deal with treatment delays and other consequences of prior authorization every day. And physicians across the nation believe the problem is getting worse.
Do opioid contracts harm the doctor-patient relationship?
Physicians often rightly complain that our work is treated as a business by insurance companies and others. With regard to opioid contracts, who deserves the blame?
How the CDC's opioid prescribing guideline is harming pain patients
Laws and policies erroneously derived from the CDC's opioid prescribing guideline have created confusion among doctors and are harming pain patients.
Are There Consequences When a Patient Harasses Their Doctor?
Standardized policies to address this issue are paramount
When Doctors Commit Medical Malpractice by Ignoring Patients’ Concerns
Doctors can be held legally liable for medical malpractice when they choose to do nothing in response to a patient reporting symptoms to them.
What Are Medical Standards of Care?
If you've been harmed or have suffered due to a mistake made by a medical professional, the concept of "standards of care" may come into play. Leaarn more about what these standards are and how they're used.
A Guide to Diagnostic Errors in Medical Malpractice
When a health care professional makes a mistake, their patient could experience adverse consequences. Diagnostic errors are some of the most common and harmful mistakes, ...
How to Dispute Medical Bill Errors
Scrutinizing a bill from your health care provider or insurer is probably one of the last things you...
Malpractice vs. Human Error: What is REALLY a Mistake?
Regardless of the quality of education and training received by a doctor, mistakes can and do happen. If you believe that you have been injured as a result of a medical procedure or treatment, you should be able to determine whether your case crosses the line from human error into medical malpractice.
How to apologize for medical errors without implicating yourself
To apologize effectively to a patient for a medical error, first find out exactly what happened. Get the facts. Don’t simply react with emotion or guilt.
How to Avoid 3 Common FLSA Errors
Misunderstandings around FLSA law are common and the penalties are real and potentially damaging to a hospital's finances, reputation, and retention efforts, a legal expert advises.
How to fix errors in your medical records
When was the last time you read the discharge paperwork you received after a visit to your doctor's office or the hospital?
What Errors May Constitute Medical Malpractice?
What Errors May Constitute Medical Malpractice? - Medical Malpractice - The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation
