Missed or delayed diagnoses are the most common medical mistakes resulting in malpractice claims, followed by medication errors, according to a review in BMJ Open. Failure to or delay in diagnosis represents 26% - 63% of all malpractice claims according to researchers...
An orthopedic surgeon in New York is still licensed to operate in the state even though he is currently at the center of at least 250 medical malpractice and negligence lawsuits, according to Outpatient Surgery. Spyros Panos, MD, who practiced in suburban...
Nursing home facilities nationwide continue to be hit with large verdicts in negligence cases due to improper treatment of the elderly residents placed under their care, according to a recent Senior Housing News article. Trans Healthcare Inc. was just...
Problems with technological advancements may be drastically adding to the amount of medical errors that affect up to 16 percent of patients admitted to hospitals, according to a recent Medical Daily article. In a comparison of 28 studies regarding medical...
A surgical towel was left in Kelly’s abdomen after a June 2009 surgery to remove colon cancer and was not discovered until November 2009. It caused the removal of 2/3 of Kelly’s small bowel and massive digestive issues which will last her entire life....
Kentucky overdose deaths declined for the first time in a decade in 2012, according to a report by the Office of Drug Control Policy. There were 1,004 overdose fatalities in 2012, as compared to 1,023 deaths in 2011 statewide; 888 of these deaths last year were...
Surgeons have no regulations on how many surgeries they can perform in a given day, even though studies have found that surgical complications for patients can increase as much as 83 percent when a surgeon is not fully rested, according to an article published in the...
