Delay in Surgeon’s Arrival Leads to Patient Death
Negligence was alleged on the part of a surgeon and a nurse caring for a patient following colostomy reversal surgery.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Doctors With Malpractice Claims More Likely to Leave Medicine
Physicians with 5 or more malpractice claims more than twice as likely to go into solo practice.
Pennsylvania Case Could Affect Evidence for Malpractice Defense
Appeals center on relevance of consent, known risks and complications presented at trial.
Should a “do not resuscitate” tattoo on an unconscious patient be honored?
A patient presented with COPD, diabetes, and atrial fibrillation and was found to have a large tattoo across his chest reading, “DO NOT RESUSCITATE,” followed by his signature.
Missed blood test results
A patient’s positive hepatitis B results were overlooked for 7 years.
Unchecked MRI results
A clinician sends an 18-year-old patient for a same-day MRI but forgets to review the results with the same urgency.
California penalties on medical errors do not reduce errors
A program in California where hospitals are penalized for preventable medical errors has failed to reduce the number of errors.
A clinician and patient mistake
It is well-accepted that healthcare practitioners have a duty to their patients, but do patients have a duty as well?
New York’s proposed “Lavern’s Law” halted in state legislature
A law aimed at helping victims of medical malpractice did not pass the New York State Legislature.
Clinician calls for retraction of “flawed” BMJ study of medical errors in the U.S.
A clinician has called for the retraction of a study that identified medical errors as the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States.
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