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Hospital operator pays out millions for malpractice

Robert Wolff March 25, 2016

NYC Health + Hospitals, a public benefit corporation that operates several clinics and public hospitals in New York City, paid out $124 million to plaintiffs in medical malpractice complaints in 2015. The total amount that it paid was a drop from the $133 million that it paid to injured patients in 2014. However, medical malpractice claims against the organization rose from 536 to 552 in 2015.

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What are the Challenges You Face in Winning a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit?

Gary Silverstein March 22, 2016

According to the Institute of Medicine, every year, about 100,000 fatalities are caused by medical errors. It was reported in a 2006 New England Journal of Medicine article that approximately 97 percent of medical malpractice claims are a result of injury. According to further data, medication prescription and administration errors account for over 1.5 million personal injuries every year.

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Malpractice Liability for Bariatric Surgery Errors

Robert Wolff March 22, 2016

An estimated 440,000 people in the United States are killed every year by hospital, physician, or nurse errors. Medical errors rank third among the most common causes of death in the country. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately 50% of all the medical malpractice cases that are pursued by patients are against their surgeons.

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Failure to Diagnose Cancer and Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Robert Wolff March 22, 2016

Cancer is one of the major causes of death in the United States as well as across the globe. In 2012, there were 14 million new cancer cases and 8.2 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. Statistics reveal that there will be an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer in the United States and 595,690 deaths caused by the disease in 2016. Within the next two decades, the number of new cancer cases will rise to 22 million.

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Ectopic Pregnancy and Medical Negligence

Robert Wolff March 22, 2016

In 2014, statistics showed that the rate of ectopic pregnancy was 19.7 cases per 1,000 pregnancies in North America and it is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the first trimester. 9% of all pregnancy deaths are caused by an ectopic pregnancy.

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