Medical Malpractice

We need to be able to trust our doctors and medical providers. After all, at times our life is literally in their hands. Unfortunately, not all encounters with medical professionals are pleasant and some are downright uncomfortable or scary. But how do you know if you...

Nothing feels worse than knowing you are sick but receiving no answer about your condition from your physician. The fact is, certain conditions are often overlooked by physicians who do not take the care necessary to make a proper diagnosis. Sadly, these misdiagnoses...

In a Montana medical malpractice suit, there are four elements necessary to prove that the medical professional was negligent. After you have shown that the doctor owed you a duty of care and acted unreasonably, you must show that you were injured and that the doctor...

Montana residents may rely on their doctors and other medical professionals to diagnose and treat illnesses as they arise, but they may also have good reason to be concerned about mistakes. Every year, around 12 million people across the country are affected by...

An estimated 30 to 40% of psoriasis patients in Montana and across the United States also develop a secondary condition known as psoriatic arthritis. Psoriatic arthritis is a disease that causes painful inflammation in the joints, tendons and ligaments. Unfortunately,...

Montana residents should be aware that there is a little-known skin condition called hidradenitis suppurativa, and it's the subject of many misdiagnoses and delayed diagnoses. A July 2019 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology published the...

It is estimated that between 210,000 and 440,000 people are killed or injured due to preventable medical errors in Montana and across the United States each year. Many people assume that busy hospital emergency rooms are to blame for these statistics; however, medical...

Montana residents who know someone who suffers from memory loss should know that not all such cases stem from Alzheimer's disease. Some can be the result of a traumatic brain injury from the past. A new UCLA study has found that MRI scans can be critical in...

Many Montana residents are worried about the potential dangers posed by infections, especially because serious infections can be deadly. If a patient goes into sepsis, he or she could die because of the way the body responds to the presence of an infectious agent....

In July 2019, the journal Diagnosis published a study showing how the majority of medical malpractice claims arise because of the misdiagnosis of three conditions: cancer, vascular events and infections. If medical experts focused on reducing these three types of...