Surgical Errors

"We still don't really know what the true answer is," says Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine surgical professor Martin A. Makary.That is unfortunate, given that the question pertains to surgical error and the number of mistakes that are made when surgeons...

Few consumers and hospital patients in New Jersey or elsewhere across the country would credit the medical industry with a fool-proof safety standard and performance record. Most people know -- anecdotally, through diverse media reports and, perhaps, from their own...

Some industries are comparatively high-tech, and there is certainly no disputing that the medical industry is among the most technologically oriented of all work realms. Hospitals in New Jersey and all other states across the country employ ultra-sophisticated...

It wasn't all that long ago that many voices within the medical industry were lamenting what was construed as the unduly long hours spent by beginning surgical resident on duty. The specific complaint was that sleep-lacking doctors were roaming hospitals across the...

The stakes are notably high in a medical negligence lawsuit alleging surgical error in an operation using a da Vinci robotic system. After a trial lasting more than a month, a 12-member jury in Washington State is weighing the evidence, and its verdict will be...

Here's a business model that would certainly seem to reward laxity and discourage innovation geared toward a higher level of accuracy and efficiency: Reward mistakes.And reward them with more money than is the case for delivering a better product.That sounds illogical...

The Leapfrog Group, with its very special and narrow focus, is an entity likely never heard of by most people in New Jersey and throughout the rest of the country.That unfamiliarity does not extend to hospital administrators, virtually all of whom know exactly what...

"Cherry picked and very misleading information."That is how an executive with a well-known doctors organization terms the marketing tactics promoting robotic surgical systems over traditional surgeries in hysterectomy operations and other procedures involving soft...

So-called "never events" in the realm of health care are aptly termed and well hinted at in just those two words: Certain patient outcomes are so egregiously wrong that they should simply never happen.Even without elaboration on such medical errors, many readers can...

A new study is debunking the widely held notion that patients can face a seasonal increased risk of hospital malpractice due to factors operative within what is known as the "July Effect." These supposed risk factors are attributed to the new wave of inexperienced...