Each day, thousands of Massachusetts residents seek some form of medical care. Whether it is a routine check-up, picking up a prescription medication or an invasive surgical procedure, we entrust our Massachusetts health care professionals with our lives and the lives of the ones we love. Unfortunately, the practice of medicine is far from perfect. There are many inherent imperfections in the process of discovery, diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Massachusetts physicians and their medical staff should be held accountable for their actions, especially if their negligence unduly harms their Massachusetts patient.
Following heart disease and cancer, medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States of America. According to the National Institute of Health, medical malpractice kills approximately 225,000 people each year. This figure includes 12,000 wrongful deaths from unnecessary surgical procedures. The most common medical malpractice cases are attributed to medication errors, which affect over one million Americans each year. A study performed by the Institute of Medicine shows that, within hospital walls, 400,000 drug-related injuries take place every year that could have been prevented, while the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that the side effects of medication errors kill over 100,000 others. Medical malpractice statistics reveal that medical malpractice is more prevalent among patients in out-patient settings, as compared to hospitalized patients. However, malpractice cases in hospitals tend to be more severe than the cases in out-patient settings.
Tragically, most medical negligence victims in Massachusetts and in the United States do not know their legal rights. This means that most Massachusetts medical malpractice claims are never filed. The number of Massachusetts malpractice claims that are actually filed is far less, than the actual number of Massachusetts medical malpractice incidents that occur every year. A study at the Harvard Institute revealed that for every 7.6 people who are injured due to the negligence of a medical practitioner, only one person files a medical malpractice personal injury claim.
When a Massachusetts health professional fails to properly diagnose or treat a Massachusetts patient's medical condition, and this failure results in new or augmented injury to the Massachusetts patient, Massachusetts medical malpractice is often present. Massachusetts medical malpractice, also known as Massachusetts medical negligence, is either the provision of inappropriate treatment or the failure to supply proper treatment. Massachusetts health professionals and Massachusetts organizations capable of committing Massachusetts medical malpractice include:
Massachusetts anesthesiologists
Massachusetts chiropractors
Massachusetts doctors
Massachusetts hospitals
Massachusetts lab technicians
Massachusetts medical spas
Massachusetts midwives
Massachusetts nurse anesthetists
Massachusetts nurses
Massachusetts nurse practitioners
Massachusetts nursing assistants
Massachusetts pharmacists
Massachusetts physical therapists
Massachusetts psychologists
Massachusetts surgery centers
Massachusetts urgent and walk-in care facilities
If you or a loved one has suffered an injury as a result of Massachusetts medical negligence, or if the negligence of a Massachusetts medical provider or other Massachusetts health professional has exacerbated a pre-existing medical condition, your legal rights need to be protected. Call the Law Offices of Gilbert R. Hoy, Jr. and Affiliates to speak with a highly skilled Boston, MA medical negligence lawyer or Boston, MA medical malpractice wrongful death lawyer today. Our expert Boston medical malpractice attorneys can be reached by phone at 617-787-3700 or by email at gilhoylaw@hotmail.com. We look forward to helping you with your Massachusetts medical malpractice claim.
