When it comes to medical malpractice, errors in diagnosis can lead to some of the worst injuries. As you can imagine, overlooking symptoms for something as serious as cancer could lead to a patient missing treatment they need to prevent… Read More
Posts Tagged ‘diagnostic errors’
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What You Need to Know About Diagnostic Errors
Even doctors can make mistakes sometimes. But, as you can imagine, these mistakes could have costly consequences. One big example of this is a diagnostic error. When a doctor incorrectly diagnoses a condition or fails to spot the signs to… Read More
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3 Conditions that Doctors Tend to Misdiagnose
Medical malpractice is an often-overlooked issue, and diagnostic errors are no exception. Most patients trust that their doctors are doing the best to diagnose and treat their illnesses. And although honest mistakes happen, sometimes a doctor’s negligence could lead to… Read More
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Diagnostic Errors for a Heart Attack
One of the most prevalent health problems in the country is heart disease, and it is unfortunately the cause of a large percentage of deaths of middle-aged men and women. However, a large part of heart-disease related injuries and deaths… Read More
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How Cancer is Affected by Misdiagnosis
When a doctor commits a diagnostic error, such as misdiagnosis it can lead to potentially fatal consequences. Especially in the case of cancer, a misdiagnosis can mean that a patient won’t receive the treatment they need in time to save… Read More
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Is an Overdiagnosis Possible?
If you have heard of medical malpractice cases involving diagnostic errors, then you likely know about the dangers of misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis. But the pendulum can also swing to the opposite extreme in what would be called an overdiagnosis.
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4 Commonly Misdiagnosed Conditions
In the medical professional, mistakes can potentially be detrimental to a person’s health. However, everyone is human and bound to make a mistake at some point. Diagnostic errors are more common that people may think in the medical field. Here… Read More
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Medical Malpractice: Diagnostic Errors
When we go visit a doctor for a health concern, we trust them to be able to tell us exactly what is wrong and how to fix it. When a doctor misdiagnoses or even fails to diagnose a condition, it… Read More