{"id":374,"date":"2015-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/can-hospitals-be-held-liable-for-medical-malpractice\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:03","slug":"can-hospitals-be-held-liable-for-medical-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/can-hospitals-be-held-liable-for-medical-malpractice\/","title":{"rendered":"Can hospitals be held liable for medical malpractice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you think about the concept of medical malpractice, you may think about a doctor failing to perform to the standards established in his or her area of practice. You may also think about surgeons failing to remove surgical devices after a procedure or doctors misdiagnosing a patient who ends up having a terminal disease. Despite these maladies attributable to individuals, a hospital could be held liable for <a href=\"http:\/\/injury.findlaw.com\/medical-malpractice\/medical-malpractice-who-can-be-sued-.html\" target=\"_blank\">malpractice<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>This post will give a general explanation as to why.<\/p>\n<p>To put hospital malpractice into proper context, consider this: when an automaker produces a vehicle that has particular defects that go unaddressed, the automaker could be held liable because it has a responsibility to ensure that its product is free from defects that could harm an unsuspecting consumer. Likewise, a hospital has a duty to ensure that the services it provides is not hindered by problems or inefficiencies that could result in a patient being harmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/can-hospitals-be-held-liable-for-medical-malpractice\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can hospitals be held liable for medical malpractice?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you think about the concept of medical malpractice, you may think about a doctor failing to perform to the standards established in his or her area of practice. You may also think about surgeons failing to remove surgical devices after a procedure or doctors misdiagnosing a patient who ends up having a terminal disease. 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