When you go to a doctor about a medical concern, you expect to be told the truth, not given a comforting half-truth. In the case of a woman now facing the probability of premature death, however, that was apparently the mistake by her radiologist and gynecologist.When...
Failure To Diagnose
Researchers: Scans for pulmonary embolisms a double-edged sword
"Why are you ordering that CT scan?"That is a question that literally millions of Americans might want to be rehearsing when the recommendation is made in a New Jersey medical office or elsewhere across the country, especially when the recommendationrelates to a...
Johns Hopkins study: diagnostic error frequent, deadly
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) was established in 1986 to serve as a repository for information relating to medical malpractice payments. The goal was and continues to be to identify the types and magnitude of medical error and enhance patient safety.A...
Male breast cancer: often, a failure in timely diagnosing
Close to a quarter of a million cases of invasive breast cancer are diagnosed in women in the United States each year. For men, breast cancer is much more of an anomaly, being diagnosed at a rate that amounts to less than one percent of the rate seen in women. In...
Researchers: Communication problems leading cause of misdiagnosis
Millions of people across the country routinely say that they do not like going to a clinic to see a doctor. The reasons for that certainly vary, but a number of studies and accounts readily reveal that many persons receiving out-patient care find the clinical...
Cancer misdiagnosis study: perceptions, challenges, solutions
The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHH) is a long-tenured organization that advocates health care reform through its association with scores of medical, business and consumer groups. Its President and CEO, John Rother, recently issued this blunt and telling...
