True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse than ...

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced a broad new initiative Tuesday to reduce medical errors, partnering with private insurers, business leaders, hospitals and patient advocates to tackle a ...

Although hospitals and health systems do not closely track medical errors and misdiagnoses, these issues have begun to receive serious scrutiny. Evidence points to the need for immediate improvement ...

Suspect medical malpractice caused a loved one's death? Learn how a wrongful death lawyer proves negligence and fights for ...

Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates of complications and medical errors, a new study finds. More than a third of ...

New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Yeshiva University in the Bronx, N.Y., and Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital will study the effects of ...