An investigation by the Connecticut Office of the Inspector General released Monday found that “significant medical errors” ...

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The Connecticut Office of Inspector General found that “significant medical errors” were made in relation to two inmates who died of overdoses at the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown in July ...

Medical errors account for 9.5% of all deaths in the U.S. each year, making medical malpractice a leading cause of death. 7 Medical malpractice is the third most common cause of death in the United ...

Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death worldwide, rivaling heart disease and cancer. Yet while medicine has ...

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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 ...

Learn how medication errors lead to clinical negligence claims, from prescription failures to administration mistakes and ...

Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death, yet healthcare systems continue to struggle to reduce them. A new ...

Some medical errors are unreported or even unknown to patients. Only those that result in severe complications and death are ...