Archive: March 2013

Every year, thousands of children suffer complications from a fairly common procedure involving the insertion of a central venous catheter into the body. The Seattle medical malpractice lawyers at Morrow Kidman Tinker Macey-Cushman, PLLC have learned that there is a higher risk…

Far too many women who suffer from ovarian cancer receive substandard treatment and therefore have lower survival rates than women who get the kind of care recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. That finding comes from a study that was…

Even as rates of other hospital-acquired infections like MRSA have been dropping, the number of infections caused by the Clostridium difficile bacteria, or C. diff, has been on the increase. Many hospitals have established infection control strategies to reduce the…

If you’re scheduled for surgery, you really don’t want to think that the doctor in charge could be talking on a cellphone or that the nurse on the operating room team could be sending a text message. Unfortunately, distractions involving…

Federal agencies warn about a spike in the number of infections involving rare but potentially deadly pathogens that are resistant to almost all types of antibiotics. Health officials have already warned hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities that they may…

Many hospitals use electronic medical records to increase efficiency and reduce errors. However, the new systems may be overloading doctors with nonessential communications, cutting into the time they need to handle real and pressing patient safety issues. That is the…

Many people assume that medical malpractice always involves errors by individual doctors. But others who provide health care, including those who work in hospitals, can also make mistakes that harm patients and amount to medical negligence. A federal agency recently…