When you think of medical malpractice, you may think it is something that applies only to doctors. While doctors are the ones often accused of medical negligence, they are not always the ones at fault. Any type of health care professional can commit and be accused of medical malpractice. This… Continue reading Who Can Commit Medical Negligence?
Continue ReadingMedical errors second only to heart disease and cancer in cause of death
Heart disease kills over 600,000 Americans each year, while cancer kills almost 600,000. What may be shocking to many Americans is that disease is not the next in line when it comes to causing death. Medical errors have recently become the third leading cause of death in the United States,… Continue reading Medical errors second only to heart disease and cancer in cause of death
Continue ReadingWhat you need to know about false positives on medical tests
Misdiagnosis is a serious problem that affects many patients across the country. The fact of the matter is: Just one misdiagnosis can have life-altering consequences. In talking about misdiagnosis, quite often the focus is on mistaking one condition for another – like cancer for a metabolic condition. However, wrongly identifying… Continue reading What you need to know about false positives on medical tests
Continue ReadingClear links between long hours and mistakes in the medical profession
Medical malpractice is an ever-looming threat for doctors, nurses and other health care professionals. Hospitals and insurers invest millions of dollars into strategies for minimizing mistakes. Yet for many practitioners, the greatest risk of error comes from the nature of shift work. Studies show that long hours and nighttime shifts… Continue reading Clear links between long hours and mistakes in the medical profession
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