Why Use A New York
Medical Malpractice Attorney

1) That a medical professional responsible for your care deviated from the standard of care (negligence).

2) That the departure substantially caused and/or contributed to your injuries.

3) That the injuries you've suffered are permanent, significant, lessen your quality of life, limit your ability to work and earn a living and/or cause you long-term pain and suffering.

All of these conditions must be proven by an expert physician who has either treated you and can confirm each aspect of your case, or by an expert who has reviewed the records and can confirm each element of your malpractice claim.

The four most common causes of injuries handled by a New York medical malpractice attorney include:

- Misdiagnosis

- Surgical error

- Infection

- Medication errors

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Misdiagnosis and Failure to Diagnose Illness

Common causes of medical error occur not when doctors actually do something, but when they don't. Under the current HMO model of healthcare, doctors are often placed in positions where they must make monetary decisions about a patient's health.

The insurance companies encourage doctors to seek ways to save money wherever they can, rewarding those who make the effort, and reprimanding those who don't.

In many cases, insurance companies will offer only partial payment of claims or deny payment altogether, forcing doctors to write off surgeries, operations and examinations of patients as bad debt. Clearly, doctors have important incentives to play by the insurance company's rules.

The most common cases of misdiagnosis occur when costly medical tests are skipped or when data from test results is overlooked or misdiagnosed as a less serious condition than it truly is.

Doctors often fail to identify and diagnose a patient for an illness. When this happens, the damage caused to the patient's health becomes irreversible, leading to chronic pain, sickness or death - which could have been prevented.

Surgical Errors and Anesthesia Errors

As a New York medical malpractice attorney, I have found that another drawback of healthcare under the HMO model is the pressure put on medical professionals to work longer hours.

While these conditions may save hospitals and insurance companies money in operational costs, they don't bode well for the typical patient in need of high quality medical care.

The healthcare profession has always been busy, but perhaps never more so than today, as many medical specialists average 60 to 70 hour work weeks.

First and second year residents of hospitals (the youngest and most inexperienced doctors) typically carry the largest workloads on a hospital's medical staff, often facing sleep deprivation for more than 30 hours.

To combat the significant stress that comes with the medical profession, many doctors succumb to substance and alcohol abuse. It's easy to understand how so many mistakes occur everyday in our operating rooms.

Here's a page about how to avoid a Wrong Diagnosis.

And here's one about Bad Cosmetic Surgery.

Infections and Bleeding

During surgeries, maintaining a clean and sterile environment at all times is critical to preventing infection. The human body's internal organs are extremely susceptible to infection during an operation, and failing to take the proper steps to ensure a sanitary operating room has often proven fatal to patients.

Blood transfusion related injuries are also common, particularly when patients are given the incorrect blood type in emergency medical situations.

Whenever possible, all patients should be closely monitored to prevent infection and excessive bleeding, but too often these basic precautions are neglected by surgeons, and other hospital support staff. If you or a family member has suffered due to an infection caused by a negligent medical professional, you deserve compensation. Call us today.

Medication Errors

An increasingly common form of medical malpractice involves medication errors. These include incorrect medications, incorrect doses, incorrect combinations of medications, or medications that the patient is allergic to. Medication errors also occur when the pharmacies give patients the wrong medicines.

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