by Slate Stern | Sep 1, 2021 | Slate's Law Blog
Have you recently undergone surgery as a result of an emergency medical situation or following plans to have an operation under the terms of what is sometimes known as elective surgery? Regardless of the conditions under which you had an operation, you should be able...
by Slate Stern | Aug 9, 2021 | Slate's Law Blog
Medical errors can happen at any time of the year and in all aspects of the healthcare system. Yet some times of the year may put patients at greater risk of injury from a medical error than others. Indeed, numerous studies have documented the so-called “July Effect”...
by Slate Stern | Jun 7, 2021 | Slate's Law Blog
Medical errors can happen for a wide variety of reasons, and medical negligence is not confined to a particular type of healthcare provider. From general practitioners to specialist surgeons, from hospital facilities to laboratories, medical errors can occur and can...
by Slate Stern | May 21, 2021 | Slate's Law Blog
Medical errors, and medication mistakes in particular, are much more common than you probably think. In some cases, a medication error might not result in a patient injury because it is caught in time—by the patient herself, by the prescribing healthcare provider, or...
by Slate Stern | Apr 19, 2021 | Slate's Law Blog
Nobody wants to think about the possibility of visiting a healthcare provider for a diagnosis and treatment or picking up a prescription from a local pharmacy, only to learn hours or days later that a serious medication error has been made. Patients often assume that...
