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They sure can. Healthcare professionals rarely lose their license or are suspended after a patient is successful in a medical malpractice action filed against a healthcare professional. That’s because state medical boards continue to let thousands of doctors keep practicing medicine after findings of serious misconduct that places patients at risk. And while these...

A Grand Rapids doctor who specializes in urogynecology was charged with a felony after practicing with a suspended license. Fifty-two-year-old Husam Thamin Abed of Sterling Heights was charged with one felony count of unauthorized practice of a health profession. If convicted, he could face up to four years in prison. Abed is said to...

“Pill Mills”-What Are They? A “pill mill” is a doctor’s office, clinic, or other healthcare facility that regularly prescribes or dispenses controlled substances when they are not needed. These prescriptions are provided without a medical necessity and outside the course of a normal professional practice. Pill mills dispense quantities of pharmaceutical drugs that are...

Medical malpractice happens when a hospital, doctor, or other health care professional—through a negligent act or omission—causes an injury to a patient. This negligence might be from mistakes in diagnosis, treatment, aftercare, or health management. Such errors can lengthen recovery, create new physical complications, and even result in death. Some mistakes are incredibly horrible....

"It's always too late for sorries, but I appreciate the sentiment.” British Author Neil Gaiman wrote that in The Ocean at the End of the Lane, a 2013 novel. And while “sorry” may not do much in some situations, it may have an impact on a patient who’s been injured by medical malpractice. What...