The term "medical malpractice" refers to the legal idea of a healthcare provider failing to deliver care that complies with the established standard of practice within the medical community.
This negligent care, as a result, inflicts harm or injury to a patient. To demonstrate that a patient was injured as a result of medical malpractice, it is necessary to demonstrate that the healthcare practitioner owed the patient a duty of care, that this duty of care was breached, and that the violation of this duty caused the patient's injury or harm.
In the United States, cases of medical malpractice are handled according to the laws of the individual states, which can differ somewhat from one state to the next.
Generally, however, a healthcare provider can be held liable for medical malpractice if they fail to:
Diagnose a condition that a reasonably competent healthcare provider would have diagnosed
Provide treatment that a reasonably competent healthcare provider would have provided
Follow accepted standards of care when treating a patient.
These are the three primary ways in which a healthcare provider can be held liable for medical malpractice in New Haven.