Most in New York City likely picture their doctors as dedicated clinicians committed to helping advance the science of healthcare and improve the quality of lives of their patients. While most likely do continue to have their patients' best interests at heart, the...
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Month: December 2016
How the healthcare system may cause harm – Part X
When Kew Gardens residents hear of stories regarding medical errors, their first assumption may be that these mistakes only occur in hospitals, given that a majority of the data detailing them comes from such facilities. However, information shared by the Centers for...
What is failure to diagnose?
When a New York doctor does not diagnosis your condition properly, it is considered a failure to diagnosis. This term is legal in nature. In the medical field, it is usually just called a misdiagnosis, which encompasses failing to render the correct diagnosis, not...
How the healthcare system may cause harm – Part IX
Full disclosure and transparency is a standard that may be applied to almost all industries, including healthcare. Yet many in Kew Gardens may discover that finding information about those providing their care can be a difficult process. Part of that may be due to...
How the healthcare system may cause harm – Part VIII
When medical errors occur in New York City, the tendency may be to give the doctors involved the benefit of the doubt given their perceived knowledge and expertise. Such an assumption, however, overlooks the fact that there are practicing doctors out there who may be...
How the healthcare system may cause harm – Part VII
Most in New York City would likely list healthcare professionals as being among the most knowledgeable and educated people that they know. Yet for all of the clinical education that doctors, surgeons, physician’s assistants and nurses possess, a lack of provider...
How the healthcare system may cause harm – Part VI
Medications play a vital role in the care administered by doctors, surgeons and other healthcare workers in Queens. In general, they work by suppressing certain biological responses to stimuli or by attacking bacteria and parasites. In either case, the effect that is...
How Hospital Administrative Errors Can Kill
People are dying in the hospital--and not necessarily because of the illness or disease that brought them in. Earlier this year, The Washington Post reported medical errors as the third leading cause of death in the United States. Patient identification mix-ups are...
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