Medicine Is An Art, Not A Science. Or Is It?
The March 8th New York Times publishes a remarkably insightful opinion piece by Atul Gawande. Gawande reminds us of a lesson learned long ago in
Why Can’t Doctors Say They Are Sorry?
Natasha Singer, in her recent New York’s Times opinion piece suggests that saying you’re sorry is difficult in the health care industry. Indeed, her article
See No Evil – Speak No Evil
January 1, 2010 Journal Watch summarizes a remarkable article entitled “Investigation of incidental findings on cardiac CT.” The article was based on a study conducted
The Pap Smear – Not Too Many – Too Few
According to the American Cancer Society’s most recent estimate for 2009, 11,270 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed and 4,070 women will
A Patient Should Have a Right to Legal Advocacy
In 1998 the United States Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the healthcare industry adopted a Patient Bill of Rights. The same year
Hospital Conceals Airway Accident Resulting in Brain Damage of Child
A young child suffered permanent brain damage following an accident that occurred in a hospital where he was being monitored after being struck by a car. Jerry Meyers represented the child and his family and was able to assist them in navigating economic and other challenges they faced after this tragedy left the child permanently disabled.
The Electronic Medical Record – Better Medicine?
In a previous post I briefly discussed how communication failures in the transmission of test results are common. Many people think that widespread use of
Patients Not Informed of Clinically Significant Outpatient Test Results
The Archives of Internal Medicine, June 22, 2009, published results of a retrospective medical record review involving nineteen community based and four academic medical center
Premature Infant Left For Dead
This client was born premature, but healthy. The doctor decided the baby would never lead a “normal” life. So no resuscitation measures were taken… until the child’s father forced the doctor to resuscitate his baby. Because of the doctor’s delay, the baby suffered irreversible brain injury. The parents contacted one of our lawyers who conducted an investigation, filed a lawsuit and discovered the truth.
Study In Rural India Has Positive Implications
For the value of HPV screening for cervical cancer in the USA The April 2, 2009 Issue of the New England Journal of Medicine includes
Cancer Misdiagnosed in 12% of Cases: Study by Alan Mozes
According to Alan Mozes’ report, Monday October 10 in Health Day Reporter, a new study suggests more than 12 percent of cancer patients in the
The Effect Of Creating And Using A Safety Checklist
In Conjunction With The Performance Of Non-Cardiac Surgery In January of 2009 the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of a study conducted