Half of all injuries suffered by patients is preventable. Of those injuries, 12% are considered severe.
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) can lead to permanent vision impairment if not promptly treated with high-dose steroids. GCA can also result in medical negligence claims because the outcome – sometimes total bilateral blindness – is so devastating.
Despite research supporting the use of medications to treat heart failure, they are still under prescribed and under used.
A recent study found that over 3/4s of patients under 16 with a SCFE diagnosis had multiple care contacts with symptomatology before the actual diagnosis is made.
Recently software using Artificial Intelligence has been approved to screen patients for the eye disease diabetic retinopathy.
As health care needs rise and fewer doctors choose to become family practice physicians, the scope of practice for PAs is increasing to fill the demand.
Tele-retinal imaging technology is now allowing ophthalmologists to examine patients’ eyes remotely.
Patient deaths and injuries can be reduced by using standardized communication systems when patients are handed off from one provider to another.
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.
