Technological advancements in health care are supposed to help patients in Georgia and across the U.S. While some innovations have certainly done that in many cases, other supposed improvements have not yielded the expected results. The keeping of medical records is...
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Medical Malpractice
Breast cancer in men: rare but still possible
Georgia residents should know that breast cancer does arise in men, however rare it might be, since men have breast tissue and even the glands for producing milk and the ducts for carrying that milk to the nipple. There are three common types of breast cancer in men:...
Nearly 10% of some conditions are misdiagnosed
Investigators at Johns Hopkins University led a study of the rate of diagnostic errors for 15 different medical conditions. Taking its data from 28 previous studies and analyzing a total of 91,755 patients, investigators found that 9.6% of patients with these...
The most common objects left inside patients after surgery
Many Georgia patients are nervous before undergoing surgery, but few people worry about doctors leaving foreign objects in their bodies after the procedure. Unfortunately, this nightmare scenario happens to thousands of Americans each year. According to various...
Surgical errors are second highest factor in malpractice claims
Georgia residents who are about to undergo surgery should know that according to a report from the medical liability insurer Coverys, surgical errors are the second most common error in malpractice claims. The insurer analyzed claims that were closed between 2014 and...
Medical misdiagnosis affects millions each year
When going to Georgia clinics, patients depend on trained doctors to find the proper diagnoses and treatments for their conditions. However, far too many people across the country are misdiagnosed when they seek medical help. This can lead to severely worsened health,...
Reducing medication errors requires interdisciplinary efforts
Georgia patients might not know that medication errors are behind 2% to 5% of all hospital admissions throughout the world, and 30% of those admitted suffer some harm related to the error. Among these, 7% suffer serious harm. Every year across the country, around 7...
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and misdiagnoses
Among the many disorders that doctors tend to misdiagnose, Georgia residents should be aware of one called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. This blood-flow disorder affects the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for involuntary movements like...
Standard of care a key to Georgia malpractice suits
The human body is amazingly complex and so are the diseases and disorders that trouble it. This helps explain why humans cannot expect every diagnosis, treatment or procedure to go as well as hoped. But then, not every doctor always lives up to the standard of care...