Medical malpractice is a commonly used term for negligence.
In Texas, patients can sue doctors, nurses, hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers for negligence. Negligence means failure to do what a reasonably prudent doctor, nurse, etc. should have done under similar circumstances. Proof of medical malpractice or negligence almost always requires testimony from medical experts. In other words, most acts of medical malpractice never result in a lawsuit. On the other hand, most malpractice cases that go to trial are lost by the patients.