Mount Sinai Hospital Malpractice & Violations

Hospital performance measures reflect a facility’s adherence to safety and quality care standards. These ratings, based on patient surveys, deficiency reports, and legal records, can reveal concerning patterns.

Hospitals that don’t perform well in various categories tend to have more cases of negligence, which means more patient harm. A medical malpractice case allows injured victims to seek compensation and hold providers accountable.

Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers offers comprehensive legal services that help victims receive a fair settlement offer. If you were injured due to provider or hospital administrator neglect, you may be eligible for compensation for your damages.

About Mount Sinai Hospital

Located on Chicago’s West Side, Mount Sinai Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides essential healthcare services to its surrounding communities.

Overview

Mount Sinai Hospital is a teaching hospital with 319 beds located at 1500 S. Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL, 60608. The hospital offers a wide array of healthcare services, including cardiac testing, diabetes, ophthalmology, orthopedics, wound care, and rheumatology. Emergency department care and general surgery are also available.

Ownership and Affiliations

Mount Sinai Hospital is part of the Sinai Chicago brand, which includes other hospitals, such as Holy Cross Hospital, Schwab Rehabilitation, and Sinai Children’s Hospital.

It also includes a wide array of healthcare clinics, including the Center for Addiction, Crown Orthopedics, Sinai Community Institute, and Sinai Convenient Care. Various healthcare and family medicine clinics are also included in the portfolio. Each hospital within the system promotes health equity for the Chicago community.

The hospital was founded in 1912 as Maimonides Hospital but was later renamed Mount Sinai Hospital in 1919. Throughout the 1920s, it became a teaching hospital with a strong focus on research and fellowship programs. Fellowship programs are important for furthering the quality of healthcare services in the community.

The hospital administrators strongly focused on health equity and eventually expanded healthcare access to other communities throughout Chicago. Today, the hospital system claims to offer quality healthcare to the Chicago community.

Reputation and Performance

Rankings, including those from U.S. News and World Report, can measure a hospital’s reputation and performance. Mount Sinai Chicago is ranked 20th in Illinois and 18th in Chicago. The hospital performs highly in heart attack and heart failure care but is average in gynecological care [1].

Patient surveys from the U.S. News and World Report give the hospital a one-star rating, with low reviews for overall satisfaction, willingness to recommend, satisfaction with doctors and nurses communication, and satisfaction with being involved in recovery. Mount Sinai patients also report loud and unclean rooms.

Notable Legal Actions Against Mount Sinai Chicago Hospital

Pending and resolved legal actions also provide valuable information about a hospital’s performance. Here are a few notable legal actions taken against Mount Sinai Hospital.

Failure to Properly Treat a Patient

In Bugno v. Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, the plaintiff alleged that the hospital staff failed to treat his leg fracture properly. A jury initially awarded the plaintiff $3.5M in damages, which was later reduced to $3.08M [2].

Failure to Provide Prompt Treatment

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Mount Sinai Hospital after a code blue was called when Joya Pipkin stopped breathing. The hospital staff took over seven minutes to attempt resuscitation, which ultimately led to brain damage and her death. A jury awarded the plaintiff $8M in damages [3].

Medical negligence can occur from poor hiring decisions, a lack of training, or a hospital’s failure to follow safety protocols. Additionally, even the best hospitals can be liable for negligence.

Inspection and Deficiency Reports at Mount Sinai Hospital

Multiple companies and regulating organizations also complete annual inspections, and deficiency reports to measure a hospital’s performance quality.

The Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care report that 42% of Mount Sinai Hospital patients would recommend the facility to others. This rating is far less than the state average for other hospitals [4].

Mount Sinai Hospital patients report lower ratings for discharge information, room cleanliness, and the ability to receive assistance as needed. In every category that the reporting tracks, Mount Sinai Hospital received lower ratings than both state and national averages.

Medicare also releases rankings based on patient surveys, giving Mount Sinai Hospital an overall one-star rating and a patient rating of two stars.

Patients report waiting longer than average to receive emergency medical care at Mount Sinai Hospital, with an average time of 207 minutes, compared to the state average of 190 minutes and the national average of 168 minutes for other medium-volume hospitals [5].

Medicare also reports on health equity and gives the facility a three out of five-star rating. Specific areas of improvement for health equity include making it a priority and data analysis.

Understanding Medical Negligence and Your Rights

Medical negligence occurs when doctors or nurses fail to meet the minimum standard of patient care. Hospital negligence can lead to a worsening of the patient’s condition, and in extreme cases, patients may even lose their lives.

A few examples of hospital negligence include the following:

• Surgical Errors: Surgical mistakes can lead to wrong-site procedures or tools being left in the patient’s body. Improper anesthesia use can also cause problems during general surgery.
• Medication Mistakes: A doctor who fails to consider dosing instructions or interactions can cause patient harm.
• Failure to Diagnose: A healthcare provider who misses or fails to make a diagnosis prolongs access to medicine and treatment.
• Improper Care: Improper patient care, whether in general surgery, gynecology, or any other area of medicine, may be considered negligence.

Why Hire a Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Medical negligence can occur in any area of health care, including internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics, or emergency care. Regardless of your age, gender, or race, medical negligence is a real possibility.

Working with a Chicago medical negligence and malpractice attorney may be important to your case, especially when going up against a large healthcare system like Mount Sinai Chicago. Families can also file a lawsuit on behalf of injured victims.

A lawyer can help you explore your options while investigating your case. We will review symptoms, medical reports, and expert witness statements to build a strong case that proves liability. Patients deserve quality care, and when they don’t receive it, our legal team is there to help hold the negligent entity accountable.

We have the skills needed to find out what happened, uncover the necessary evidence, and negotiate a fair settlement. While many medical malpractice cases are settled outside of court, our team is prepared to represent you if you don’t receive a fair offer.

Secure Expert Legal Representation!

Mount Sinai Chicago Hospital offers healthcare services to Chicago and its surrounding communities. However, negligent doctors and care staff can do more harm than good.

If you experienced injury due to negligence from a lack of training or low-level monitoring, Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers can help you seek compensation. Illinois law sets strict time limits for filing medical malpractice claims, so it’s important to act quickly to protect your rights. We work on a contingency basis; injured patients pay nothing unless we win the case.

Contact a personal injury lawyer in Chicago today at (888) 424-5757 for a free consultation or fill out our online form.

References: [1] U.S. News and World Report, [2] Casetext, [3] ABC Eyewitness News, [4] Illinois Hospital Report Card, [5] Medicare

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