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Can Medical Records Be Changed After an Adverse Event? Understanding EHR Audit Trails When something goes wrong during medical treatment, one of the first things many patients do is request a copy of their medical records. These records often provide the most detailed account of what happened before, during, and after an adverse medical event. They can include physician notes, nursing documentation, medication records, laboratory results, imaging reports, surgical records, discharge instructions, and communications between healthcare providers. Occasionally, however, patients notice something that causes concern. A note appears to have been added after the fact. Information they remember discussing is...

Why Medical Malpractice Cases May Be Declined Even When a Medical Error Occurred Learning that a doctor, nurse, hospital, or other healthcare provider made a mistake can be frustrating, confusing, and life changing. For many patients, the next logical step is contacting a medical malpractice attorney to find out whether they have a legal claim. Sometimes, however, the answer they receive is unexpected. Even when an attorney agrees that a medical error may have occurred, the law firm may decide not to pursue the case. This often leaves patients wondering how a case can be declined if the healthcare provider...

Sepsis is a medical emergency that can look deceptively ordinary at first. A person may arrive at an emergency room or urgent care in Florida with fever, confusion, shortness of breath, weakness, vomiting, or a fast heart rate. Those symptoms can be mistaken for the flu, dehydration, food poisoning, a panic attack, or a routine infection that can wait. But sepsis is not simply an infection. It is a dangerous, body wide response to infection that can rapidly damage organs, drop blood pressure, and lead to septic shock, amputation, brain injury, or death. The reason sepsis is so closely tied...