In sobering news, a recent report indicates that each of us will likely experience one diagnostic error.
A recent study on mammograms shows that a high tech tool used in the detection of cancer didn’t actually help providers.
Recently, researchers at Baylor University College of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center created a computer algorithm designed to prompted doctors to follow up with patients.
A recent Consumer Reports article describes a link between respectful treatment by health care works and fewer preventable medical errors. Unfortunately the converse is true: disrespectful doctors and nurses make more medical errors causing harm.
A new study indicates that surgery may give some lung cancer patients a better chance of survival
A troubling study shows that more than 20% of melanoma patients on medicare experience a delay in receiving surgical treatment.
A lack of consensus about whether to screen men for prostate cancer highlights the difficulty of using guidelines in malpractice cases when there is a significant difference of opinion in the medical community.
A newly discovered biomarker may help doctors detect and treat bladder cancer. Such biomarkers are increasingly helpful in diagnosing many different types of cancer
Viable claims for delays in diagnosing lung cancer are rare, because often when symptoms are present that would allow for the diagnosis to be made, the cancer has already metastasized to other parts of the body. Typically, claims can be made when imaging is done for some other reason, the cancer is incidentally found early when treatment can be successful, but a provider fails to follow up on the finding.
The "Standard of Care" is something a jury decides, including not only evidence of how doctors in Washington state actually practice, but also what experts for both sides say is the standard.
