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Indiana patients now have a tool that can help them make informed decisions concerning their health care. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has added new search data to their Hospital Compare web site. Using updated information and a slick new look, patients can access health care information concerning their local doctors and hospitals.

Indiana medical malpractice and personal injury attorneys are encouraged by this updated information and believe it will make a positive impact in the quality of health care available to Indiana consumers. Medicine is a competitive business. Hospitals and surgical centers are fighting for every health care dollar. We believe the ability to compare outcomes, various procedures, and nursing quality will influence area hospitals to invest additional resource in an effort to improvement Indiana’s health care.

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For long now, doctors have noticed that the number of medical errors is constant for all months of the year, except in July when there is a noticeable spike in medication errors. It has been suspected that this spike is because more interns are coming in at teaching hospitals during this month. A study by researchers at UC San Diego, now confirms this.

The researchers have published the results of a study, that show that July is easily the worst month when it comes to medication errors. In fact, it's the worst month that you could choose to check into a hospital, simply because you're likely to be treated by inexperienced interns. The rate of medical errors in the month of July is 10% higher than in other months of the year.

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