Posted in Medical Malpractice on June 25, 2018

Did you know July is the most dangerous month to undergo surgery? At teaching hospitals across the country, July 1 generally marks the first day on the job for medical school graduates beginning their residencies. While teaching hospitals do their best to create a safe and seamless transition, studies have raised concerns about the...

Posted in Medical Malpractice on June 12, 2018

Two of the most important tenets of medical care are trust and privacy. When medical workers violate the trust or privacy of a patient, his or her health and rights could be put in jeopardy. Unfortunately, this happens far too often when reckless or negligent care providers, medical staff and hospitals fail to take...

Posted in Medical Malpractice on May 30, 2018

When babies are born very early, it is crucial that they receive competent, continuous medical attention. Often, these babies have highly underdeveloped body organs and systems, including their immune system. As a result, they can get very sick very quickly. One step that clinicians often take to protect babies in this situation is administering...

Posted in Medical Malpractice on May 1, 2018

Having a baby is an exciting – albeit, frightening – experience for many women. It is typically the most important event in a mother’s life, and it is crucial that she receives the care and medical attention to ensure the labor and delivery goes as smoothly as possible. Unfortunately, for many mothers, the attention...

Posted in Medical Malpractice on April 19, 2018

Nursing homes have a responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents. This means ensuring the proper distribution of medications, providing adequate food and water, repositioning residents that are prone to bedsores, taking measures to prevent wandering in certain residents, etc. Unsupervised wandering, or elopement, is a risk when a resident has good mobility...

Posted in Medical Malpractice on April 18, 2018

Elk & Elk Partner Marilena DiSilvio recently shared her extensive experience in the area of birth injuries in an interview with Super Lawyers. This article originally appeared on superlawyers.com.   By Judy Malmon Awaiting the birth of a baby is an exciting time that brings with it countless things to think about, including planning for labor and...

Posted in Medical Malpractice on April 12, 2018

If you have a loved one in a nursing home facility, you likely expect that the facility will provide the care they promise and treat your loved one with the dignity he or she deserves. Tragically, this doesn’t always happen. Patients and residents in too many nursing homes across Ohio fall victim to neglect...

Posted in Medical Malpractice on March 28, 2018

A new letter to patients affected by the recent storage tank malfunction at University Hospitals fertility center revealed the actual number of affected eggs and embryos was twice the amount initially reported. The hospital is blaming the malfunction on human error as investigations into the failure continue. (more…)

Posted in Medical Malpractice on March 22, 2018

According to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, women are more likely than to die within one year of a heart attack than men are. This may be because women don't necessarily get the same care as men. Women in Ohio and elsewhere who are under the age of...

Posted in Medical Malpractice on March 20, 2018

Expectant mothers and fathers in Ohio often do a great deal of planning when it comes to the birth of their child. They consider the medications the mother does or does not want during labor, where they want to have their baby and even what type of music they want playing during the delivery....