Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

I recently took care of a patient whose medical records included multiple notes about her past open-heart surgery. Only she had never undergone open-heart surgery. That would have been obvious if the ...

Medical supplies at a clinic in Portland on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. A new report found that many Oregonians experience medical errors without some form of apology or acknowledgement of the harm the ...

Patient safety is a critical aspect of healthcare that focuses on preventing errors and adverse events that can harm patients. Recent research has increasingly recognized the emotional and ...

For a fourth year in a row, Maryland recorded an increase in reported medical mistakes, including some that were fatal, the state’s Department of Health said in its annual patient safety report. The ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — The authors of a Maryland Department of Health report call medical errors at hospitals a "trend" and state the repeated rise in the reporting of medical mistakes is an "after ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. How safe are patients in America’s hospitals? For healthcare reporters, tackling this critical question has ...

Medical billing errors are a common problem that can be extremely costly for consumers, unless those errors are discovered and corrected before payment. But with America’s complex medical insurance ...

Unfortunately, physical and mental issues in newborns can arise due to a variety of causes. Inadequate medical equipment, delayed C-sections, and lapses in attentiveness are a few examples. During ...