Articles Posted in Delay to Treat or Failure to Diagnose a Medical Condition

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Medical Malpractice – How a misdiagnosis of a brain tumor destroyed the life of a successful newspaper reporter

Failure to diagnose a brain tumor can have horrible consequences on the life of an individual. In a recent article in the Washington Post, Sandra G. Boodman writes about the dramatic story of Bebe Bahnsen, an outgoing and successful Washington newspaper reporter whose life was destroyed because doctors failed to…

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How to improve diagnosis and avoid failure to diagnose Cancer in Teenagers?

Failure to diagnose cancer in teenagers may be medical malpractice. Because cancer in young adults and teenagers count for only 1% of all diagnosed cancers, they have a higher risk of being misdiagnosed. A recent report “Improving Diagnosis: Teenage Cancer Trust Report on Improving the Diagnostic Experience of Young People…

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Medical Malpractice Prevention: May-Thurner syndrome is often not investigated by practitioners and complications can follow for patients with Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

Failure to diagnose May-Thurner Syndrome may be medical malpractice that can lead to post-thrombotic syndrome, potentially fatal pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, and in the worst case paradoxical embolism. In a recent article published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the author Jaclyn…

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Medical Malpractice: Teenage girl died after 13 doctors fail to diagnose a brain tumor

In a very sad medical malpractice case a 16 year old girl died of brain cancer after none of the 13 doctors who failed to diagnose the brain tumor ordered an MRI. Natasha Simmons had all the symptoms of a brain tumor: headaches, numbness, back pain, vomiting and problems with…

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Medical Malpractice – Failure to diagnose Breast Cancer: Update on the Dense Breast Legislation

Doctors often fail to diagnose cancer in women with dense breast tissue because mammograms screenings are not reliable for women with this condition. Recent statistics and studies also show that women with dense breast tissue have a higher risk of developing breast cancer. Therefore advocacy groups have been pushing for…

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Medical Malpractice – Diagnostic Errors and Strategies to minimize them

Diagnostic errors are among the most significant medical malpractice areas in the United States. In the current issue of “Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care” entitled “Diagnostic Errors and Strategies to Minimize Them”, Satid Thammasitboon, William Cutrer, Supat Thammasitboon, Amy Flemming, William Sullivan, and Geeta Singhal provide a…

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Failure to diagnose a condition or misdiagnosis are the most common types of medical malpractice and healthcare providers are looking at new solutions to prevent them

Misdiagnosis is the leading cause of medical malpractice claims. 160,000 patients suffer serious personal injury or wrongful death because of diagnostic errors every year. In her recent article “The Biggest Mistake Doctors Make” Laura Landro from the Wall Street Journal looks at solutions that are being developed by healthcare providers…

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Claims related to medical malpractice in outpatient primary care settings are more likely to be settled or result in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff compared with those from other practice settings according to study

A recent study looked at the medical malpractice claims of the 2 largest insurance companies in Massachusetts during five years. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine and led by Doctor Gordon Schiff (Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care) looks at patterns of primary…

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Medical Malpractice – Failure to Diagnose a condition: Institute of Medicine (IOM) to undertake a report on Diagnostic Error as part of the “Quality Chasm” Series

Diagnostic errors are among the leading causes for Medical Malpractice Claims in the US. They cause personal injury to patients and waste resources. Recently the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) announced that the Institute Of Medicine (IOM) had accepted the SIDM’s proposal to undertake a report on diagnostic…

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Medical Malpractice: Failure to diagnose Marfan Syndrom can lead to death

Failure to diagnose Marfan Syndrom (MFS) may be medical malpractice that can have severe medical consequences and sometimes lead to death. It can also destroy the lifestyle of individuals and their familes. In a recent article, Sandra G. Boodman, from the Washington Post, writes about Kevin Songer, a 54 year…

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