Diagnostic Errors
Risk management in action. Read about malpractice claims and case studies alleging diagnostic errors.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose fracture
An eight-year-old boy came with his mother to a local ED with pain in his lower left leg from a fall earlier that day.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose a foreign body and to follow up
An eight-year-old girl was brought to the ED with a groin injury from a bicycle accident.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose postpartum stroke
The first documented assessment of the patient in the ED revealed a temperature of 97.9 degrees; pulse 53; respirations 20; blood pressure 147/77 mm Hg; oxygen saturation 97%.
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Read FlipbookReporter 2018 Dermatology
Failure to diagnose melanoma in a timely manner; Law requires Texas physicians to query PMP before prescribing opioids and other drugs
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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 complications
A 16-year-old girl was brought to the emergency department after sustaining a leg injury while playing soccer. X-rays revealed a right bimalleolar ankle fracture dislocation.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose mandible fracture
On June 1, a 35-year-old woman fell while stepping off a boat, injuring her chin, jaw, wrist, and hand. She went to an urgent-care clinic for treatment.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose and treat fungal infection
The patient sought treatment from a dermatologist for a scaly plaque on his scalp
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Read ArticleDelay in the diagnosis of lung cancer
A 62-year old man came to the ED with symptoms of a stroke.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose and treat infection
A 72-year-old woman with a history of diabetes came to the ED due to pain in her left eye.
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Read FlipbookReporter Q3 2020
CME: Sexual harassment and misconduct in health care; 2019 risk management trends; Failure to diagnose and treat; Failure to respond to test results; 2021 TMLT Governing Board election
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Read FlipbookReporter Q2 2020
COVID-19: Guidelines for re-opening your medical practice; CME: Medication and prescribing safety; Failure to diagnose and treat infection; Failure to respond to test results
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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 FlipbookReporter Q1 2020
CME: Risks associated with medical spas; TMLT Government Relations: Our focus for 2020; Failure to follow up and timely diagnose ectopic pregnancy; Delay in obtaining MRI
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Read FlipbookReporter Q3 2019
Tracking patient follow up and diagnostic test results (CME); 2018 Risk Management trends analysis; Failure to manage risk of shoulder dystocia; Failure to follow up on syncope; Board Election 2020
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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 properly interpret BRCA test results
A 40-year-old woman came to her ob-gyn for a well-woman visit and requested breast cancer susceptibility gene testing.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose anemia
A 17-month-old girl was brought her pediatrician to complete vaccinations, a visit documented as “vaccines only.”
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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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