Hospital Errors

When Systems Fail, Patients Suffer

Hospitals are meant to be places of healing but when protocols are ignored, staff are overworked, or critical information falls through the cracks, serious and preventable injuries can happen. Hospital errors can involve any number of missteps by nurses, orderlies, technicians, administrators, or multiple members of a care team. Often, it’s not one mistake, but a series of failures that leads to lasting harm.

Types of Hospital Errors

Hospital errors can arise from individual negligence, poor training, or systemic breakdowns. Common mistakes that we encounter include:

• Failure to monitor vital signs or respond to alarms

• Medication errors, including wrong dose or wrong drug

• Delayed care due to understaffing or miscommunication

• Failure to escalate concerns to physicians or specialists

• Improper post-operative care or infection control

• Documentation errors that result in missed diagnoses or treatments

• Breakdowns in handover between nursing shifts or between units

• Failure to prevent falls or pressure ulcers

Many of these failures are preventable when proper systems are in place and staff are adequately trained and supervised.

Who Is Responsible?

Hospitals have a duty to ensure safe, competent care across all departments. This includes hiring qualified staff, maintaining adequate staffing levels, implementing and enforcing clear policies, and ensuring proper communication systems are in place. When these responsibilities are not met, and a patient is harmed as a result, the hospital may be held liable.

Nurses and other staff may also be personally responsible for negligent actions. In some cases, the harm stems from a mix of physician negligence and hospital system failure. We investigate all avenues to uncover what went wrong—and who should be held accountable.

Here to Help

Our team has seen firsthand how patients suffer when hospital systems break down. If you or someone you love has been harmed due to hospital negligence, we can help. Our team has extensive experience holding hospitals accountable and securing compensation for the injuries caused by their errors. We are here to help find answers and hold those responsible accountable.