Adult Primary Care
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Read ArticleDelay in diagnosing colon cancer
The patient claimed that the physician told him that the rectal bleeding was due to his diverticulosis and was not life threatening.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose and treat
A 35-year-old man came by ambulance to the ED reporting headache and dizziness.
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Read ArticleDelay in diagnosis of hip fracture
A 90-year-old woman fell at the assisted living facility where she resided. Following the fall, she began to report severe right hip pain.
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Read ArticleFailure to treat suspected deep vein thrombosis
A man living in a nursing home reported right leg pain. Staff documented a 2+ edema in his right foot and notified the facility's consulting physician.
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Read ArticleFailure to respond to radiology report
The radiologist interpreted the study and noted an area of slightly hazy density in the left lung with nearby fibrotic changes.
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Read ArticleFailure to follow up on MRI test results
A 40-year-old man came to his family physician with complaints of left shoulder pain for two weeks. The physician ordered an MRI and administered an injection of methylprednisolone and lidocaine.
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Read ArticleMost common medical liability claims and costs: Internal medicine
A summary of internal medicine claims data from the MPL Association Data Sharing Project.
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Read ArticleFailure to monitor warfarin levels
A 70-year-old woman with diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension was taken to the hospital due to severe aortic stenosis.
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Read FlipbookReporter 2018 Adult Primary Care
Failure to monitor warfarin levels; Law requires Texas physicians to query PMP before prescribing opioids and other drugs
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Read ArticleFailure to properly manage warfarin dose
An 89-year-old woman suffered a fractured right femur requiring surgical repair.
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Read ArticleFailure to monitor patient’s INR
A 65-year-old man began seeing Family Physician A for treatment of high cholesterol and bronchitis.
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Read ArticleFailure to confirm diagnosis of polycythemia vera
A 40-year-old man came to an internal medicine physician and reported feeling weak and tired.
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Read ArticleDelay in diagnosing breast cancer
A 77-year-old woman came to her family physician reporting a lump in her right breast.
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Read ArticleFailure to treat myocardial infarction
A 62-year-old man came to the ED reporting pain in the “chest wall area.”
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Read ArticleOverprescribing NSAIDs
A 50-year-old man came to the ED with symptoms that suggested cellulitis.
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Read ArticleFailure to manage medications
A 76-year-old woman came to an internist to establish a primary care relationship and to seek treatment for itching.
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Read ArticleFailure to report misplaced central line
A 64-year-old woman came to the ED. She had undergone back surgery five days earlier.
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Read FlipbookReporter 2017 Internal Medicine
Failure to properly manage warfarin dosage; Case closed: HIPAA and patient privacy
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Read ArticleDelay in detecting melanoma
A 58-year-old man came to his family physician for evaluation of a lesion on his back.
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