Medical Malpractice

Although researchers have long been aware of the risk of mortality and hip fractures in older people, a recent study links the risk of mortality to fractures in other parts of the body. This study is of note as it shows that broken bones in older adults can heighten their mortality risk for five to…

Telehealth is a medical service grounded in technology that has been gaining in popularity. It allows patients to obtain pointed medical care by utilizing video chat rather than physically going to a doctor’s office. It can also be done by telephone consultations for those who don’t have access to the internet. It has been around…

In what has come as a surprise to many, the healthcare industry has not been immune to COVID-19 and we’re not talking about healthcare workers suffering from the virus. Healthcare workers across North Dakota and the rest of the country have seen their salaries, benefits, and hours cut during the pandemic as hospitals try to…

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting men. However, if caught and treated early, this type of cancer also has a high survival rate and is considered a reasonably curable disease. But when a doctor misdiagnoses or fails to diagnose prostate cancer, lack of proper treatment can turn a treatable cancer into…

When a doctor acts negligently, and a patient sustains injuries, that’s medical malpractice. Those mistakes are easy to recognize because often the effects on patients are immediate. What about the not-so-easy to recognize medical malpractice claims that may exist? Medical malpractice doesn’t just result from directly inflicting an injury or death through an action taken.…

A spinal cord injury will change your life in an instant, even if you are not paralyzed. There are other serious back and spinal cord injuries you can sustain in a car crash, at work, or after falling, including pinched nerves, degenerative discs and chronic pain. All three of these spinal cord injuries can force…

Many physicians rely on publicly available databases and reports to assess the safety of the instruments and devices they use on patients during surgeries and procedures. However, a recently published article shows that the US Food and Drug Administration has been hiding a significant number of adverse events and malfunction reports. An article from the…

In 1995, the North Dakota legislature capped medical malpractice damages at $500,000. Since that day, patients, attorneys and advocates have been fighting against the cap. No explanation was ever given for why the dollar amount was chosen, and no one’s ever proved that damage caps helped anyone outside of the insurance companies. The fight against…

Negligence of Medical Providers Now Third Leading Cause of Death Despite swift advances in medical technology and processes, more and more patients find themselves facing an uphill battle to find quality medical care. A recent study conducted by the Institute of Medicine reveals startling data regarding medical malpractice cases. According to the study, medical malpractice…