medical negligence

Meet Jim Coogan Managing Partner & Trial Attorney Who is Jim Coogan? I am native to the Chicagoland area. Both sides of my family were from the South side of Chicago and the Southwest Suburbs. I grew up in Oak Brook and always thought I would call the Chicago area my home. There’s just something […]

What Is A Diagnostic Error? Medical Care Requires an Accurate Diagnosis for Treatment “Where does it Hurt?” Studies have shown that there are over 440,000 fatal medical errors that occur each year in the United States. Often, the problem begins right from the beginning. This is because the course of proper medical care always begins […]

A GREATER HARM RECENT STUDIES CONFIRM THAT PATIENTS INJURED FROM MEDICAL ERRORS SUFFER MORE THAN PHYSICALLY In the United States, medical errors are estimated to be the third-leading cause of death. Indeed, a study in the Journal of Patient Safety published in 2013 criticized outdated estimates, and put the number at approximately 440,000 annual deaths […]

Doctors Interrupt Patients Too Quickly in Office Visits   Journal of General Internal Medicine Study: Doctors Interrupt Patients After Just 11 Seconds Doctors cannot treat patients unless they listen.  It is that simple.  And doctors know it.  Patients know it.  However, a recent study by the Journal of General Internal Medicine reveals that doctors may […]

What images come to mind when you hear the words “nursing home”? Nursing Homes–For many, the image will be of a gentle environment–soft sunlight coming through bright windows, shining on clean floors and furniture with smiling elderly residents.  Others may conjure images of hospital beds and long hallways bustling with nurses and food carts.  The […]

The United States Department of Health and Human Resources is in charge of overseeing the administration of health care in the U.S.  It distributes funds for patient care to healthcare facilities, including Nursing Homes through Medicare payments (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, otherwise known as “CMS”).  As part of its oversight, it monitors […]

PATIENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT TREATMENT A new Survey released by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (in conjunction with NORC at University of Chicago) reveals that 21% of Americans experienced medical errors personally. Beyond that 31% of respondents reported that someone whose medical care they were personally involved with experienced a medical […]