Sentences with phrase «medical error issue»

Dr. Tuteur has written a bunch against being too strict about the 39 - week induction rule, which is a medical error issue.

Not exact matches

Like diabetes, or fibromyalgia, or other medical conditions where the treatment isn't always perfectly straight forward, or the condition can vary widely from person to person, addressing mental health issues is a bit of trial and error at times.

Litigation was most likely to arise from allegations of improper performance, errors in diagnosis, and claims that did not involve a purely medical error, such as abandonment, breach of confidentiality, or consent issues.

In the June 2008 issue of Quality & Safety in Health Care, the researchers report that medical testing errors led to lost time, lost money, delays in care, and pain and suffering for patients, with adverse consequences affecting minority patients far more often.

If your cat is having accidents in the house — or even purposely avoiding her litter box — first, take her to the vet to rule out a medical issue and then give her time, patience, and trial and error to remedy the situation.

It's a situation in which healthcare providers are aware that medical errors are taking place, but also acknowledge that not enough discussion about the issue is taking place.

-LSB-...] lessening failure to diagnose issues and hospital errors, which commonly lead patients to file medical malpractice lawsuits after an injury or -LSB-...]

No matter what the issue is, sending a Letter to Appeal a Medical Claim Denial can help you get answers, fix errors, and set things right.

Unexpected symptoms or medical issues after an operation may indicate a surgical error.

This does not always indicate a health issue or medical error.

«Articles and information on the following issues related to nursing home abuse and neglect: bedsores, pressure sores, bedrail injuries, medication errors, medical errors, falls, physical abuse, sex abuse, elopement / wandering, understaffing and nursing home litigation.»

They focus routinely on coverage issues, including advertising injury, personal injury liability, errors and omissions, director's and officer's, named peril and all - risk property, hospital / medical / HMO / PPO, educator's liability, securities / broker, employment practices liability, intellectual property and patent infringement, sexual abuse / harassment issues, environmental / toxic tort, primary / excess disputes, and reinsurance contract obligations.

Whether the issue is sepsis, wrong site surgery, a medical device left in the body, organ perforation or another kind of surgical error, we can help.

The medical malpractice issue involved over-medication and drug errors.

Comment: Some commenters noted the issues and recommendations raised in the Institutes of Medicine report «To Err Is Human» and the critical need to share information about adverse drug and other medical events, evaluation of the information, and its use to prevent future medical errors.

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