What is medical malpractice?

When you or a loved one is sick or injured, you trust healthcare physicians to navigate your condition and help get you well. Why wouldn’t you trust them? After all, they studied and trained for years to provide you care. Unfortunately, many fall victim to injuries or death because of preventable mistakes and below standard of care due to healthcare providers.

Medical malpractice is when a physician or healthcare provider failed to offer the standard of care treatment due to negligence that resulted in harm, injury, or wrongful death to a patient. Since healthcare professionals have studied and trained for years, it is their responsibility to provide you with treatment to the standard of care established by medical experts. Medical malpractice injuries or death are preventable mistakes or failure to act which can result in a delayed or inaccurate diagnosis, patient neglect, hospital malpractice, medication errors, medical equipment misuse, or failure to adhere to hospital procedures.