North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers, Greensboro
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Greensboro, North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers
Medical malpractice is the result of a healthcare provider’s failure to provide the expected standard of care to a patient. Some of the most common ways that medical malpractice occurs is through failure or errors in timely diagnosis, ordering appropriate treatment, ordering necessary tests and proper medication, consulting with specialists, and surgical procedures.
Every year, thousands of people are injured as a result of medical malpractice. The consumer rights group Public Citizen estimates that each year, 1.3 million medical injuries are caused by negligence, and that more than two-thirds of these injuries are preventable. Compound this number with the unreported mistakes made in other healthcare settings (physicians’ offices, urgent care centers, nursing homes, pharmacies and home care) and the magnitude of medical malpractice becomes staggering.
Medical malpractice claims not only hold doctors accountable but may address medical mistakes made by a nurse, a medical technician, or other health care provider. A medical facility may be a hospital, nursing home, medical testing facility or clinic. If the medical attention fails to meet the standard of good medical practice and results in harm to a patient, the medical professional or medical facility may be liable for any resulting damages.
It is a medical malpractice lawyer's obligation to determine as quickly and efficiently as possible whether there is a good, actionable case. Medical malpractice cases are by their very nature complex, expensive to pursue, have a high risk of no recovery, and often involve a client's "personal" attachment.
To learn more about your specific situation and consult with an experienced North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyer visit our website: Greensboro NC Medical Malpractice Lawyers or Call toll free 1-800-953-2542 Emergency Room Negligence / Medical Malpractice
Studies have found that medical errors in the emergency department are common, and that the proportion of preventable adverse events occurring in the emergency rooms is among the highest for all areas of medical care. Negligence, or malpractice, may occur at any stage of the patient’s emergency room visit. It may result from an incorrect initial assessment, leading to a delay in diagnosis or treatment; a failure to recognize the condition bringing the patient to the emergency room (misdiagnosis); a failure to obtain appropriate diagnostic tests; a failure to obtain a consultation from an appropriate specialist or a failure to refer the patient to an appropriate specialist; or prescribing an incorrect medication.
Emergency room errors frequently occur in the following areas:
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If you would like to discuss your possible emergency room negligence claim, please contact our North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers for more information. Greensboro NC Medical Malpractice Lawyers or Call toll free 1-800-953-2542 The Startling Numbers Behind Medical Malpractice
- Fewer than 20 percent of U.S. doctors use electronic medical records, among the lowest rates in industrialized countries;
- One-third of U.S. patients reported a medical, medication or laboratory error in the past two years;
- About 115 per 100,000 deaths in the U.S. are preventable with proper health care, compared with 75 in France and 81 in Japan (Bloomberg/Miami Herald, 9/21);
- A recent study reports that 100,000 - 150,000 deaths are preventable each year;
- Visits to doctors for adverse drug events have increased in the past five years;
- Based on 2000–2002 mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries, there is a thirty-three-percentage-point spread between the risk-adjusted mortality ratios achieved in the best 10 percent of hospitals (lowest rate) and the bottom 10 percent. Hospital Malpractice & Our North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers
Hospitals are held to professional standards of care, just as individual healthcare professionals are. Hospital malpractice includes any type of medical negligence that occurs in a hospital setting, including errors by doctors, nurses, technicians and other hospital staff. According to the Center for Disease Control, hospital mistakes cause nearly 2 million patients to develop preventable infections in United States hospitals every year. At least 90,000 of these victims will die as a result of their injuries.
Our North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers have the experience and resources to take on important and challenging hospital malpractice cases and obtain significant compensation for our hospital malpractice clients. If you would like to learn more about hospital malpractice, please call us at 1-800-953-2542 or contact us through our online form. Hospitals in North Carolina
Alamance Regional Medical Center - Burlington, North Carolina Albemarle Hospital - Elizabeth City, North Carolina Baptist Hostpital - Winston Salem, North Carolina Cape Fear Valley Health System - Fayetteville, North Carolina Cape Fear Hospital - Wilmington, North Carolina Carolinas HealthCare System - Charlotte, North Carolina Central Carolina Hospital - Sanford, North Carolina Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memorial Hospital - Linville, North Carolina Cleveland Regional Medical Center - Shelby, North Carolina Columbus County Hospital - Whiteville, North Carolina Conway Medical Center - Conway, North Carolina Craven Regional Medical Center - New Bern, North Carolina Davis Regional Medical Center - Statesville, North Carolina Duke University - Durham, North Carolina Duke University Medical Center - Durham, North Carolina Duplin General Hospital - Kenansville, North Carolina First Health of the Carolinas - central North Carolina (Moore Regional Hospital, Montgomery Memorial Hospital, Richmond Memorial Hospital) Forsyth Medical Center - Winston Salem, North Carolina Frye Regional Medical Center - Hickory, North Carolina Good Hope Hospital - Erwin, North Carolina Grace Hospital - Morganton, North Carolina Harris Regional Hospital - Sylva, North Carolina Haywood Regional Medical Center - Clyde, North Carolina High Point Regional Health System - High Point, North Carolina Hugh Chatham Memorial - Elkin, North Carolina Iredell Memorial Hospital - Statesville, North Carolina Johnston Memorial Hospital - Smithfield, North Carolina Lake Norman Regional Medical Center - Mooresville, North Carolina Lenoir Memorial Hospital - Kinston, North Carolina Mission St Josephs - Asheville, North Carolina Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital - Hendersonville, North Carolina Maria Parham Hospital - Henderson, North Carolina Morehead Memorial Hospital - Eden, North Carolina Memorial Mission Medical Center, Inc. - Asheville, North Carolina Moses Cone Health System - Greensboro, North Carolina Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune - Camp Lejeune, North Carolina New Hanover Regional Medical Center - Wilmington, North Carolina North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. - Winston-Salem, North Carolina Northeast Medical Center - Concord, North Carolina Onslow Memorial Hospital - Jacksonville, North Carolina The Outer Banks Hospital - Nags Head, North Carolina Pender Memorial Hospital - Burgaw, North Carolina Presbyterian Healthcare System - Charlotte, North Carolina Raleigh Community Hospital - Raleigh, North Carolina Randolph Hospital - Asheboro, North Carolina Rex Healthcare - Raleigh, North Carolina Roanoke-Chowan Hospital - Ahoskie, North Carolina Rowan Regional Medical Center - Salisbury, North Carolina Sampson Regional Memorial Hosptial - Clinton, North Carolina Sanhills Regional Medical Center - Hamlet, North Carolina Scotland Memorial Hospital - Laurinburg, North Carolina Southeastern Regional Medical Center - Lumberton, North Carolina Stanly Memorial Hospital - Albemarle, North Carolina Transylvania Community Hospital - Brevard, North Carolina University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina - Greenville, North Carolina UNC Hospitals - Chapel Hill, North Carolina Union Regional Medical Center - Monroe, North Carolina Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center - Winston-Salem, NC WakeMed - Raleigh, North Carolina Watauga Medical Center - Boone, North Carolina |