Physicians and health care providers are pledged to perform to standards of care. When they do not, patients' rights have been violated.

Medical mistakes include a range of examples, including:

• Failing to divulge information,
• Misusing a medical device or implant,
• Making a surgical error during an operation,
• Failing to get informed consent from a patient,
• Failing to perform a procedure.

Hospital emergency rooms are places where life and death often hang in the balance. Appropriate and timely responses by the emergency room staff are critical to the survival of many victims who arrive at the ER. Negligence in diagnosis and treatment in the ER can mean serious harm, permanent disability, or death for patients. Despite the rapid pace in most emergency rooms, mistakes cannot be tolerated because their cost is so high. If you or a loved one have been the victim of emergency room negligence, you may be eligible for compensation.