Posts tagged diagnosis

• Be A Patient Safety Advocate. Help Stop Medical Malpractice

  Mark Bello | May 31, 2011 11:42 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Did you know that hospital errors are the eighth leading cause of death? Multiple factors can play a role in a medical misdiagnosis. Failure to order a diagnostic test Misread or...

• Differential Diagnosis: Would it Have Prevented a Year of Suffering and Saved a Life?

  Mark Bello | January 03, 2011 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Everyone makes mistakes, but what happens when a doctor makes a mistake and fails to diagnose a serious medical condition? While still grieving the death of their loved one, a family has filed a...

• Heart Attack Misdiagnosis: An All Too Frequent Medical Error

  Mark Bello | December 03, 2010 4:41 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The medical community is constantly in discussions about how to improve the quality of medical care; diagnostic errors seem to be one important, yet overlooked area of concern. Diagnostic error...

• Breast Cancer Awareness Month: 7 Things to Ask Your Doctor After Receiving a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

  David Mittleman | October 11, 2010 5:09 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As you may already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As the husband of a breast cancer survivor, I know how scary it can be for someone to receive a breast cancer diagnosis....

• Jury Awards $2.35 Million to Woman Who Suffered Kidney Stone Misdiagnosis and Subsequent Amputation

  David Mittleman | August 16, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Silver Spring, MD--24-year-old Yesenia Rivera arrived at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital on August 3, 2006 complaining of severe stomach pain—just two days after she first visited the hospital...

• Protect Yourself From Your Doctor's Mistakes: Part 2

  David Mittleman | July 28, 2010 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Yesterday I wrote about the difficulties that women face in getting the right diagnosis from their doctor. But women aren’t the only ones facing this problem—in fact men face many of the...

• Protect Yourself From Your Doctor's Mistakes: Part 1

  David Mittleman | July 27, 2010 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  For many women, the good old days of simply putting yourself in the caring hands of your doctor are over. Today’s clinics and hospitals are overwhelmed with many patients and lots of...

• Is it Psoriasis or Another Skin Condition That's Causing That Rash?

  David Mittleman | June 27, 2010 6:39 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  If you suffer from a strange looking rash on your skin, it might not be what you think. In fact, many people mistake rashes on their faces for acne or an allergic reaction when it may actually be...

• Detroit-Area Doctor Allegedly Preys on Children to Increase His Pay

  David Mittleman | June 17, 2010 1:11 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Oakwood, MI—a doctor accused of falsely diagnosing children to put more money in his pockets will soon face a lawsuit brought by the parents of seven children who argue that their children...

• Jury Awards Family $3 Million After Radiologist Misdiagnosed Torn Esophagus of Husband and Father

  David Mittleman | March 01, 2010 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Virginia—a Fairfax County jury awarded nearly $3 million to the family of Hector Alvarez, a 52-year-old man who died after an Alexandria, VA radiologist incorrectly diagnosed Alvarez with a...