Do you ever wonder whether a doctor followed the rules of the road in his or her care and treatment of you or a loved one? The rules of the road are not always so clear but many medical societies issue guidelines doctors must follow. When they don’t Dankner Milstein, P.C. is here to help. Click on the link below to find out more.

Doctors must balance many factors when working in our complex healthcare system. But patient care must still be primary. This means, in part, that doctors order diagnostic tests when necessary, but refrain from doing so when it serves no real medical purpose.To be sure, failure to diagnose cancer is a real risk. This is as true in New York or Brooklyn as it is anywhere in the country.The need to detect cancer and other conditions

The rate at which patients acquire infections in the hospital is disturbingly high. Estimates are that such infections affect 1 of every 20 patients. Indeed, so many people die from them that hospital-acquired infections rank in the top ten among causes of death in the country.In many cases, the infections are the result of medical malpractice.What are some of the steps that medical care providers should be taking to prevent hospital-acquired infections?Proper hand hygiene is

In a more rational world, the myth that many medical malpractice suits are unjustified would not even have gotten started. Unfortunately, the myth has somehow managed to remain alive – despite ample evidence to the contrary showing how dangerously widespread medical malpractice really is.Every so often, however, criticisms do punch holes in the falsehoods that the myth tries to perpetuate. One of those is the notion that the cost of medical care would be substantially