Medical Malpractice causing Paraplegia or Quadriplegia
What is Paraplegia?
Misdiagnosis and Medical Malpractice of Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis – Causes, infections, and trauma
Misdiagnosis of Breast Cancer can Constitute Medical Malpractice
Diagnosing breast cancer
Nerve Injuries Due to Medical Malpractice
Nerve injuries due to medical negligence or malpractice
Retained Surgical Devices and Hospital Negligence
Injuries due to retained surgical instruments
Cancer patients do better with good information
New York residents may be surprised to learn how common medical misdiagnoses can be. In 2014, a study found that about 28 percent of information given to patients is incorrect. With certain types of cancers, those numbers skyrocket. A 2013 study found that as many as 75 percent of results for mammograms and more than 70 percent of lung cancer scans were incorrect in some way.
Check Every Job
Many New York construction companies and related businesses pay a lot of attention to safety procedures on-site, in central headquarters and in working areas of the business, but not all of them apply the same scrutiny to jobs that happen “out in the field” in places where the company has less control. When a company […]
Pharmacist workload may lead to medication errors
As New York residents may know, pharmacists fill many prescriptions daily as well as performing other duties such as talking to individuals to instruct them on their medications. A recent study shows that pharmacists who fill too many prescriptions in a day have a greater risk of making mistakes. Pharmacists from two Texas hospitals authored the study that appeared in a pharmacy magazine, and included medication orders for over 1.9 million patients that were filled by 50 pharmacists. The study was over a period of one year and showed 92 prescription errors during the time the orders were verified. Out of every 100,000 verified orders, slightly less than five errors were found.
The Cost of Slips, Trips and Falls
Lots of companies don’t think twice about certain kinds of workplace accidents — but it’s this lack of thinking that comes back to impact the business later. Workplace safety should always be paramount, not just because of ethical reasons, but because it really factors into the bottom line for a business. Slip, trip and fall […]
Know Who’s On the Floor
Among the many ways that companies can reduce work accidents, decrease liability and keep everyone safe on the work site, one is to accurately identify levels of access and assess the roles and responsibilities of everyone who enters the physical workspace. This may seem like a small detail, but it actually works effectively to the […]
