Failure to Follow Up
Risk management in action. Read about malpractice claims and case studies alleging failure to follow up.
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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 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 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 follow up on CT scan
A 69-year-old man came to the ED with worsening shortness of breath. His history included smoking, COPD, and an occluded right coronary artery.
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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 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 ArticleFailure to timely schedule a follow-up appointment
A 77-year-old woman came to a new ophthalmology group and was seen by Ophthalmologist A.
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Read FlipbookReporter 2019 Dermatology
Failure to respond to complications in a timely manner; Guidelines for the release of medical records
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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 FlipbookReporter 2018 Radiology
Failure to diagnose epidural abscess; Law requires Texas physicians to query PMP before prescribing opioids and other drugs
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Read FlipbookReporter Quarter 1 2018
Transgender health care (CME); Compassionate health care: 2017 Legislative highlights; Failure to correctly label lab specimens and follow up; Mismanagement of anticoagulant medication
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Read ArticleFailure to follow up on mammogram
A 54-year-old woman reported pain in her left arm, chest, and back to her primary care physician.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose Churg-Strauss Syndrome
A 44-year-old man came to the ED with leg swelling and bruising for the past six days.
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Read ArticleFailure to follow up
A 28-year-old woman came to her gastroenterologist with a history of diarrhea for the past three months. A colonoscopy resulted in a diagnosis of colitis.
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Read FlipbookReporter 2017 Gastroenterology
Negligence and failure to arrange adequate follow-up care; HIPAA and patient privacy
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Read FlipbookThe Reporter Quarter 2 2017
Navigating end-of-life communications (CME); 2016 Risk management trends; Failure to monitor patient; Failure to schedule follow-up appointment; Charging your patients for medical record copies
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Read FlipbookReporter 2016 Orthopedics
Failure to follow up with STAT lab order; Law enforcement exceptions to HIPAA
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Read FlipbookReporter 2015 Neurology
Failure to order follow-up tests; Dos and don'ts of renewing Your Texas Medical License
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Read FlipbookThe Reporter Volume 4 2015
TMLT launches Lone Star Alliance to cover out-of-state physicians; Following TMB guidelines for pain management; Risk management: outcomes and trends; Unnecessary surgery; Failure to follow up
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