Medical malpractice takes many forms, such as the misdiagnosis of an illness. This includes a failure in some instances to properly diagnosis Alzheimer’s disease in a Tennessee patient. Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease A study undertaken by researchers at the...
‘Alert fatigue’ may be detrimental to your health care
Recent studies of alert fatigue have shown that alerts for drug interactions or incorrect doses are a top safety concern in Knoxville, Tennessee. For example, a teenager was hospitalized as a result of receiving advice to ignore alerts. Alert fatigue is just now...
How often do misdiagnoses or missed diagnoses happen?
When you go to a Tennessee doctor to have symptoms checked out, you might assume that whether you get a clean bill of health or a prescription to treat the issue, your doctor has reached the correct conclusion about your condition. This might be the case, but...
Dental malpractice and unnecessary procedures
Medical malpractice in Tennessee comes in many forms. When people think of medical negligence, the understandably think of physicians and hospitals. With that said, dentists can also be found to have committed malpractice. There are a number of ways in which dentists...
Mistaking an aneurysm for a headache
A common underlying cause of medical negligence in Tennessee involves misdiagnosis of an ailment, disease or condition. Misdiagnosis can result in severe and even fatal injury to a patient. The possibility exists for an aneurysm to be mistaken for a headache,...
Are medical malpractice errors due to fatigued hospital staff?
Studies show that night shifts, 12-hour shifts, and a lack of breaks can increase the risk of medical malpractice errors among hospital staff as the staff becomes more fatigued. This increases the risk of injuries and deaths among patients who are in the care of...
Shocking frequency of medication errors
Medical errors can be a form of medical malpractice and are regarded as under-recognized causes of death in the United States. Beginning in 2016, John Hopkins University patient safety experts began reporting that a full 10% of deaths in the U.S. are caused by some...
How cardiomyopathy can be missed by doctors
Music fans in Tennessee may remember the sudden death of singer George Michael in 2016. The 1980s rock star was found dead in his bed in the early morning hours. An autopsy revealed that the unexpected death was caused by dilated cardiomyopathy. The condition causes...
The accuracy of convolutional neural networks
Convolutional neural networks, or CNNs, have certain limitations when compared to the normal human eye’s ability to pick up on new information as it relates to melanoma and other skin cancers. CNNs can misread these cancer diagnoses as natural skin instead of the...
Retinal detachment the subject of many diagnostic errors
A recent Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC) study has shed light on how ophthalmologists are misdiagnosing a common condition, called retinal detachment (RD), at alarming rates. Tennessee residents should know that RD involves the retina lifting away from the...
