Oftentimes when a patient visits their doctor or a hospital, a number of diagnostic tests are performed for a variety of reasons. The test results may be critically important to the health of the patient, but only if they are actually reviewed and correctly interpreted by their health professional. What can happen when the test results… Read More
Point-of-Care Testing and Medical Malpractice
Over the course of the last decade, there has been a fundamental shift in the way hospital medical tests are performed. In the past, most tests were sent to a laboratory, while the doctor and patient waited hours or days for test results. Now, however, many or most tests are done right in the patient’s… Read More
Medical Malpractice and the Failure to Diagnose Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian cysts are usually a low-risk problem which can resolve on its own. At times, however, cysts can turn cancerous or otherwise cause serious, permanent damage to a woman’s life, health, and reproductive system. As such, physicians often fail to diagnose ovarian cysts promptly, and often fail to treat the problem promptly even when diagnosed…. Read More
Common Missed Diagnoses
It is likely that you or someone you know has experienced this scenario: you go to the doctor’s office with a list of symptoms, and are sent home with no diagnosis, or told you have “a virus” – but rest does not help. It is possible that the reason you are not improving is because… Read More
When There Is No Diagnosis
Our medical malpractice attorneys have frequently written about the severe consequences, and legal liability, associated with the failure to diagnose a particular condition or disease. But what if the doctor fails to make any real diagnosis at all? The complete failure to diagnose a condition can be one of the most devastating things a patient… Read More
Study: Test Results Often Ignored in Patient Care
Proponents of so-called “tort reform” would have you believe that doctors are now engaged in “defensive medicine” – ordering scores of unnecessary tests simply to avoid the threat of lawsuits. Our medical malpractice attorneys are always puzzled when we hear such claims, as the evidence does not support claims that doctors regularly engage in this… Read More
Misdiagnosis or Failure to Diagnose a Medical Condition
According to a recent news story in Ohio, a pathologist claims to have new evidence that proves hundreds of women patients were misdiagnosed with human papillomavirua and precancerous conditions at the Ohio State University Medical Center. This story highlights a common, and often devastating form of medical negligence: the misdiagnosis, or failure to diagnose, of… Read More