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Failure to Diagnose and Provide Follow-up Care Causes Death and $2.5 Million Verdict
A patient's chest pain was ruled noncardiac, leading to the patient's eventual heart attack and death.
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Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Results in $21.5 Million Verdict
Failure to schedule and perform biopsies led to stage three breast cancer in a female patient.
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Study: Residents Want to Be Involved in Error Disclosure
Residents’ error disclosure skills have improved over time, according to a recent study. Researchers compared residents’ skills in 2012 and 2013 with the skills they had in 2005, and found significant improvement.
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Risk Management Lessons from Running With the Bulls in Spain
As a risk management professional, it’s difficult to turn off my safety radar simply because I’m on vacation.
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Don’t Forget Human Resources in Litigation
Human resources often is overlooked in situations that could lead to a lawsuit. Risk managers should notify human resources of an employee’s involvement in potential litigation.
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Work Carefully With Counsel to Ensure Best Results
Risk managers and legal counsel work closely in any healthcare organization — or, at least, they should. Neither can perform optimally without relying on the other, and a poor working relationship can endanger the organization.
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Plaintiff Challenges Hospital Policy on Radiology
A recent malpractice case in North Carolina illustrates how plaintiffs may challenge the validity of a hospital’s standard of care for a particular situation.
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Policies Must Be Consistent With Standard of Care, but Fluid Also
The standard of care is at the heart of most malpractice allegations, but often disputed. Internal policies and procedures must allow clinicians to follow the standard of care.
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Defense Verdict in Spinal Fusion Case Despite Difficult Surgery, Complicated Post-op Needs
Defendants successfully argue that standard of care for pain management was met.
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Doctor Delays Delivery, Receives Phone Call, Resulting in Brain-damaged Infant
Lack of attention paid to fetal monitoring and vital signs led to the baby's hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy upon delivery.