According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there are roughly 100,000 medication errors that are reported every year. Countless medication errors go unreported as well. The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy reports that medication errors affect roughly 1.5 million people every year. These errors also incur extra hospital and medical care costs in the Read More
Nursing home neglect is a serious and ongoing form of injury. Every year in Kansas more citations are issued to nursing homes and elderly care facilities that document neglect. Elder Abuse Takes Three forms Physical abuse – physical abuse may involve a staff member and an elderly patient, or it can also involve two elderly Read More
If you’re wondering how a personal injury lawyer works, you’ve probably been injured and want to protect your rights. If so, you are in the right spot. The attorneys at Wall Huntington Law Firm can explain the role of personal injury lawyers and what they do for people who suffer injuries. The Technical Role of Read More
Find Out If Your Loved One Is At Risk There are a large number of dangerous nursing homes in Kansas. If you want to see if your loved one is living in one of the facilities cited for repeated deficiencies call us or click here to view the Kansas Department of Aging’s report. Alarmingly, 47 Read More
Half a Million People Die Every Year as a Result of Medical Errors Reputable studies have confirmed that 440,000 people die every year because of preventable medical errors. That means more than the entire population of Wichita, Kansas is killed yearly by a preventable medical error. Preventable medical errors are the third leading cause of Read More
Larry Wall speaks at the WBA Medical Malpractice Trial Practice SeminarOn Friday, February 6, 2015, Larry Wall was a speaker at the Wichita Bar Association’s continuing legal education seminar. The seminar focused on the topic of Medical Malpractice Trial Practice. Mr. Wall spoke on the subject of Patient Safety. The event was well attended by local Read More
Misdiagnosis and Delayed Diagnosis are two of the most common forms of unsafe medical care. Reports suggest that upwards of 40% of medical malpractice cases involve either a misdiagnosis or a delay in diagnosis. Both of which pose serious patient safety issues, including death. Misdiagnosis occurs when a doctor diagnoses his patient with the wrong illness or Read More
Whether its reasonable, or not, there are strict time limits on when you can file a medical malpractice lawsuit, and unless you have already experienced a negligence suit, chances are you have no idea of how much time you have to take legal action. The really bad news is, if you miss the statutory deadline, Read More
This is the bad new published November 23, 2014 in Fierce Healthcare. It appears that there is a shortage of healthcare workers. Also because Kansas did not expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act there are going to be drastic cuts to rural hospitals. We are here to help We have helped victims of doctor, Read More
Did you know the U.S. has a national program to compensate individuals injured by routine vaccinations? Despite the fact, in 1986, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) in an effort to promptly compensate individuals injured by routine vaccinations, the majority of people still do Read More