Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, but often times the victims of these errors never learn the full story.
A recent report from the Institute of Medicine (part of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine) highlights the seriousness of missed or delayed diagnosis.
Poorer outcomes occur in surgeries performed on the weekend and holidays. A recent study hopes to remedy this situation.
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.