18 results

• Wrong Site Surgery Problems Are Most Common During Spinal, Orthopedic Procedures: Report

  May 4, 2023

  Stephanie Yanovich

• Surgical Checklists Improve Safety, Reduce Risk of Death: Study

  April 25, 2017

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that hospitals that implemented a WHO surgical safety checklist had fewer patients die in the month following a surgical procedure.

• Wrong Site Surgery Lawsuit Filed Against Hospital That Removed The Wrong Rib

  April 1, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A wrong site surgery lawsuit accuses Yale doctors of removing the wrong rib during a surgical procedure and then trying to cover it up.

• Doctors Debate Benefits of Surgical Checklists in Reducing Risk After Study

  June 13, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A study questioning the usefulness of surgical checklists has sparked debate in the medical community.

• Wrongful Birth Lawsuit Filed After Tubal Ligation Sterilization Fails

  March 26, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  An Illinois woman has filed a wrong site surgery lawsuit against a doctor she says botched a tubal ligation, resulting in a wrongful pregnancy and a child with sickle cell disease.

• Mandatory Checklists May Not Reduce Surgical Complications: Study

  March 21, 2014

  Martha Garcia

  A new study raises questions about the effectiveness of surgical checklists at preventing complications or deaths due to surgical checklists.

• Few Financial Incentives For Hospitals To Reduce Complications: Study

  April 22, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study suggests that hospitals may actually be making a profit after patients suffer complications caused by doctors botching...

• Malpractice Payments for Surgical “Never Events” Totaled $1.3B: Report

  December 21, 2012

  Martha Garcia

  An estimated 4,000 surgical errors occur every year involving “never events,” which are medical mistakes widely accepted as avoidable problems....

• Hospital Accidents and Mistakes Often Go Unreported: Report

  January 18, 2012

  Staff Writers

  A new federal report has found that only about 14 percent of all medical mistakes that harm patients in hospitals...

• California Medical Mistakes Often Go Without Disciplining: Report

  August 15, 2011

  Staff Writers

  The prominent consumer watchdog group Public Citizen is urging California health officials to take action against more than 700 doctors...