Physicians, nurses, and all other medical providers must follow the prevailing standard of care, which requires actions or inactions to align with what competent medical professionals would do under similar circumstances. However, healthcare providers sometimes make preventable mistakes resulting in injury to their patients. Diseases are misdiagnosed, lab results are misread, surgeries or other procedures go poorly, and patients are neglected, their complaints ignored. If you have found yourself in this situation, you may be a victim of medical malpractice and should contact an attorney immediately to discuss your legal rights. You may be owed compensation.

Examples of medical malpractice include the following:

• Emergency department lapses

• Birth injuries to both babies and mothers

• Surgical errors and hospitalization errors

• Failure to properly monitor or follow up with the patient

• Errors involving the administration of anesthesia

• Adverse reactions (to drugs or procedures) and drug interactions

• Delays in diagnosing an illness, condition, or cancer

• Failure to diagnose medical conditions

• Failure to correctly read a report, lab results, or radiology results