The vice president for safety at an Ohio children's hospital was among those who spoke at a conference about patient safety on Nov. 3. The talk occurred at the 2016 U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow Conference in Washington, D.C. He and several others leaders from...
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Advances in research promising for breast cancer
by Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Nov 9, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
Many Ohio women die from breast cancer, and some of them do because their doctors failed to diagnose them in time. Three 2016 studies show promise for better identification of women who are likely to develop breast cancer, better testing and improved treatment of...
Rare diseases and misdiagnosis
by Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Nov 1, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
When Ohio patients go to a doctor with a list of symptoms, the chances that they have a particular rare disease are very low. However, there are more than 7,000 rare diseases, and current data indicates that there are over 30 million people in the U.S. who suffer from...
Nursing home patients and hospitalization
by Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Oct 26, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
Elderly patients that live in long-term care facilities in Ohio sometimes require treatment in hospitals. When nursing home patients are transferred to and from hospitals frequently, they are exposed to a high risk of serious harm from medical errors. According to a...
Lying about mistakes may be prevalent in malpractice cases
by Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Oct 3, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
Ohio patients likely know that medical mistakes that lead to life-impacting complications can occur. In some cases, patients who have evidence that malpractice has occurred take their case to court. One former doctor who acted as an expert witness in a medical...
Researchers give hope to people with spinal cord injuries in Ohio
by Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 29, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
Rice University researchers have developed a way to combine graphene nanoribbons and common polymer to create a product that may prove critically important in healing damaged spinal cords. There are about 17,000 new spinal cord injuries every year in the United...
Study shows potential for better PCOS diagnosis
by Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 19, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
Ohio teenagers may be less likely to have their polycystic ovary syndrome misdiagnosed thanks to a study that found links between hormones and the condition. At the yearly meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, researchers presented the results...
Hospital administrators can help prevent misdiagnoses
by Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 12, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
Misdiagnosis is a big problem in hospitals in Ohio and across the United States. A recent study found that one in every 20 patients is misdiagnosed each year. This calculates to 12 million misdiagnosed Americans. The number of patients who die from being misdiagnosed...
Wrong-sided nerve blocks are a medical hazard
by Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 9, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
Ohio surgical patients may be aware that medical mistakes like operating on the wrong site sometimes occur, but they may not know that anesthetic mistakes are also a problem in U.S. hospitals. For example, wrong-sided nerve blocks sometimes occur even though many...
Diagnosing Ohio residents with asthma
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Aug 31, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
Caused by inflammation of the airways, roughly 25.7 million Americans have asthma. Of those, 7 million are children, and symptoms such as coughing or wheezing may be caused by breathing in mold, pollen or other allergens. While it is unclear why people develop the...
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