Physicians Behaving Badly—Study Names Most Unprofessional Medical Specialty

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A research study recently looked at healthcare providers reported by co-workers in safety event reports. In any workplace, the observations and opinions of co-workers are important.  In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center used the Co-Worker Observation Reporting System (CORS) that collects safety event reports involving the … Continued

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Your Doctor—the Chatbot

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Artificial intelligence will likely replace some of your healthcare services in the future. How do you feel about that? Science fiction writers have long presaged a world where human services are provided by robot and software providers.  There is no novelty to the idea of computers responding to human needs in ways that suggest an … Continued

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Results in for New Tool May Used to Help Identify Undiagnosed COPD

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A new screening tool for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) delivered mixed results in a recent research study. COPD impacts approximately 15 million people in the US each year. Although it is the fourth leading cause of death in the US, many people with the disease go undiagnosed. Because the disease is not on the … Continued

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During Transfer for Aortic Emergency, Misdiagnosis is Frequent

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Aortic syndromes are dangerous and a new study examined how often these syndromes were misdiagnosed prior to transfer to other facilities. There are a host of aortic syndromes that demand rapid medical attention.  A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) evaluated two aortic center databases to learn how often … Continued

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Tragedy at VA: Pathologist Makes 3000 Misdiagnoses

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A report from the Veterans Administration Office of Inspector General offers a devastating inside look at errors made by a pathologist with the VA hospital in Arkansas. Robert Morris Levy began working at the VA facility in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2005. By the time his employment as Pathology and Lab Service Chief was terminated, Dr. … Continued

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New Study Evaluates Misdiagnosis Rates of “Big Three”

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Recent research suggests one in ten patients who experience symptoms of a dangerous condition like cancer, infection, or major vascular event will be misdiagnosed. Published in the open-access journal Diagnosis, the study adds weight to the already disturbing statistics concerning the frequency by which patients are incorrectly diagnosed. Led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University … Continued

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Avoiding Misdiagnosis—Blood Test May Provide Early Diagnostic Help

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Early and accurate diagnosis of cancer gives physicians better odds at successfully treating patients.  A new blood test uses machine learning to detect types and sites of cancer in the human body. Recent research published in the Annals of Oncology discusses how analysis of free-floating DNA in blood samples was used to detect over 50 … Continued

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Infection Control Failures at HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, New Jersey

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Patients who received treatment at HealthPlus Surgery Center, LLC (“HealthPlus”) are getting notices that they may have been exposed to dangerous blood borne diseases including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis. A recent investigation by the New Jersey Department of Health revealed that lapses in infection control in sterilization/cleaning instruments and the injection of medications may have … Continued

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Schochor, Staton, Goldberg, and Cardea, P.A. Obtains $9,000,000 Settlement from Hospital and Emergency Room Group for Failure to Diagnose

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Schochor, Staton, Goldberg, and Cardea, P.A. Senior Partner Kerry Staton achieved a settlement of $9,000,000 from a hospital and emergency room group for a woman who was irreversibly injured due to a failure to diagnose her condition. Here is the sequence of tragic events: On May 10, 2014, at approximately 9:16 p.m., the Plaintiff, then … Continued

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Understanding the Risks of Migraine and Men

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Men get migraines, too.  As with women and migraines, the risk may involve more than head pain. Migraine headache is a complex condition with a cause that remains elusive to researchers.  In both genders, migraines have numerous triggers.  Diet, exercise, stress, genetics, hormones, and underlying physiology are all implicated when it comes to headaches and … Continued