Category: Medical Malpractice
Top Patient Safety Concern: Medical Gaslighting
According to the ECRI’s (formerly known as the Emergency Care Research Institute) recent annual report on patient safety concerns for 2025, medical gaslighting is at the top of the list. Medical gaslighting refers to a clinician’s dismissal of a patient’s, caregiver’s, or family’s concerns. The ECRI warns that medical gaslighting has led to misdiagnoses and[…]
Here’s How to Avoid Medication Mistakes
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately one-third of American adults in their 60s and 70s take five or more prescription medications daily. Juggling different medication schedules, dosages, and instructions is a complicated process; in fact, as many as half of all patients fail to take their prescription(s) correctly. Improper medication[…]
The Epidemic of High Blood Pressure in Kids and Teens
Although we usually think of high blood pressure (or hypertension) as a condition that primarily affects adults, the number of American kids and teens who have it has been growing steadily since the late 1970s. What Is High Blood Pressure? High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a condition where the force of blood[…]
Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Sepsis and Other Infections
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal death as the death of a woman while pregnant, during childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. While the United States is often regarded as the global forerunner in technology, science, and healthcare, it has one of the highest maternal mortality rates among other high-income countries.[…]
February Is American Heart Month
Approximately 695,000 Americans die from heart disease annually, accounting for roughly every one in four or five deaths. That is just one of the reasons why our country observes American Heart Month each February. While people of all different ages, genders, and backgrounds battle heart disease, there are steps to take to reduce known risk[…]