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We have talked about medical errors and their fatal consequences on this blog before. In addition, there have been reports recently that suggest the medical industry isn’t exactly undergoing a seamless transition to new error reporting methods. Given these two factors, and some recent comments by a physician at the Bellevue Hospital Center at New […]

More than a month a month, we wrote a post about how there are very few people who are confident they can grade a doctor’s skill or quality of care. It really is a tough job to find out which doctor is a good one. It requires a lot of research and investigation, and sometimes […]

Imagine that one day while you are receiving medical care at a hospital, some sort of error or complication occurs and you are dealt a significantly worse medical outlook as a result. Which party do you sue, the doctor or the hospital? What other parties or entities could be caught up in the lawsuit? When […]

Have you ever heard of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)? If you haven’t, it’s time to gain some awareness of this condition which affects an estimated 10 percent of the United States adult population. That’s about 20 million people, and when you consider the potentially dire consequences of living with CKD, it becomes clear that this […]

A few weeks ago, we wrote a blog post about the hundreds of thousands of deaths that occur every year as a result of a medical error. The report that post referenced found that about 325,000 people die each year because of medical errors. What this data obviously shows is that far too many people […]

Many people want to change doctors, but don’t. Since the hassle of such a change deters people from seeking out a new doctor, they may stick with a medical professional who fails to provide them with the care they deserve. As tough as it may seem to change doctors, that effort is minimal compared to […]

Let’s say you are in the market for a new doctor. How would you go about the search? How would you ultimately choose which doctor to go see? Would you trust your insurer to provide you with recommendations? Would you do a quick search online to find doctors who have been reviewed by other people? […]

If someone were to walk up to you on the street and ask “how many people die every year as a result of medical errors in the United States?,” what would be your answer? Would you guess somewhere in the thousands? Maybe in the tens of thousands? As it turns out, those guesses would be […]

Imagine you are in the hospital being treated for a fairly serious illness. It’s treatable, and you will eventually feel better once a proper medication course is completed — but in the meantime, you’re dealing with some serious symptoms. Over the next few days, you’re continually fed little cups of medicine to help you deal […]

While the following story doesn’t originate from the United States, it still provides critical information about medical mistakes and surgical mishaps that could happen in any country and under any circumstances. This story is about a series of cameras and microphones being setup in an operating room to track the surgical team’s movements, communication and, […]