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Diagnostic errors in radiology and their causes
Of all the malpractice claims filed against radiologists in New Jersey and across the U.S., 75% involve a diagnostic error. With the error rate ranging from 3% to 5%, some 40 million diagnostic errors are being committed globally every year, so it's important for...
Injuries that show themselves days after a car accident
New Jersey residents involved in car accidents might not feel any pain in the moments after the accident. The lack of pain is often due to elevated levels of adrenaline, and the individual involved in the accident feels lucky to escape the situation without injury....
Common surgical tools that are left in the body
Most patients in New Jersey do not expect to get a surgical instrument left in their body after an operation. Statistics show that several thousand of these incidents happen in the United States annually. A surgical instrument left in the body can cause serious health...
The particular safety equipment matters on a vehicle
While almost all vehicles on the highway today are equipped with enhanced safety equipment, this is not true for all cars and trucks. Older vehicles tend to have only standard equipment such as traditional headlights and tail lights. Among these lights, tail lights...
How to prevent electrical injuries
Each year, roughly 1,000 people in New Jersey and throughout America die because of workplace accidents involving electricity. However, there are many steps that an individual can take to stay safe while using electrical equipment or working near potential sources of...
Systemic racism in the medical industry costs lives
Systemic racism against Black people is a serious problem in the United States. When many people think of racism, they automatically think of police violence or discrimination when it comes to getting jobs or applying for mortgages. The unfortunate fact is that...
Malpractice claims often the result of surgical errors
After analyzing all of its malpractice claims closed between 2014 and 2018, Coverys found that a quarter were due to surgical errors. This makes surgical errors the second-leading cause of malpractice claims, behind diagnosis-related errors (32%). New Jersey residents...
Hard braking linked with higher rate of car collisions
You may have been the victim of a car accident in New Jersey, and you may be wondering now if your insurance company will cover all the losses. There can be times, of course, when personal injury protection does not cover them, in which case the victims may be able to...
How employers can prevent construction falls
Fall-related injuries account for nearly a third of the workers' compensation claims faced by the construction industry. Construction workers and employers in New Jersey should know about the steps that can be taken to prevent or at least reduce the number of falls...
100 deadliest days highlight need for safer driving among teens
New Jersey residents may already be aware that teenagers do not make the safest drivers, but what they may not know is that there's a particular period each year when teen driving crashes lead to more fatalities than at any other time. Called the "100 deadliest days,"...
