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Failure to Properly Interpret a Physician's Medication Order

When you are being treated in a hospital or in any other healthcare organization, you have the right to expect that you will be given the correct medication in the proper dose at the proper time. However, the number of medication errors is increasing in recent years, and the problem has become a major health care concern. Even though the prescription and administrative of medication is a routine part of medical, nursing, and pharmaceutical practice, deviations from proper practice have the potential to severely injury or even kill an unwary patient.

Malpractice by Pharmacists

New drugs are rapidly being developed and marketed, and more prescriptions are being written than ever before. The population as a whole is aging, and elderly patients account for about one-third of all drugs consumed. The practice of pharmacy itself has radically changed over the last decade. Whereas most pharmacies used to be part of family owed drug stores, they are now frequently owned and operated by national corporations and supermarket chains to allow the consumer to pick up his or her medicine at the same time as groceries and other supplies. The convenience of these superstores can be overshadowed by reckless mistakes made when pharmacists are required to fill a high number of prescriptions. Pharmacy experts conclude that a large part of the problem is a shortage of pharmacists.

Pathologist as an Expert Witness in a Medical Malpractice Case

In preparing certain types of medical malpractice cases, the use of a good pathologist as an expert witness can help the jury to understand the complex medical issues underlying the patient's injury. However, before an attorney picks a pathologist to testify, he or she should understand the medical specialty of pathology.

Peer Review Privilege and Medical Malpractice

Peer Review Privilege and Medical Malpractice

Dermatology Malpractice

Even physicians who practice dermatology may be liable for damages to a patient caused by their medical malpractice. Studies indicate that most malpractice claims result from the most common types of clinical situations, not the more exotic procedures.