Reports Shows What Happens When Doctors Mock Unconscious Patients
Doctors and other health care professionals are expected to uphold a high level of professionalism and skill, but sometimes they behave badly. A recent blog published in the New York Times gives examples of doctors behaving badly. The article used an essay from the Annals of Internal Medicine to describe what happens when doctors mock… Read more »
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Misdiagnosis and You: What Patients Need to Know
Our blog earlier this week about a Florida doctor misdiagnosing patients with multiple sclerosis is a rare example of how health care professionals can sometimes “get it wrong”. However, non-criminal examples of misdiagnosis are far more common. According to a study in BMJ Quality & Safety, 12 million adults seeking medical care are misdiagnosed every… Read more »
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Florida Pain Clinics and Preventable Overdose Deaths
Just a few years ago, Florida was the epicenter of a nationwide pain pill epidemic. Pain clinics, sometimes called pill mills, would see 500 patients and rake in $400,000 in profits per day. The enormously successful pill mills were linked to numerous overdose deaths across the country, as patients from other states would travel to… Read more »
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Florida Doctor Who Misdiagnosed Patients with MS Practicing Again
A Florida doctor who was investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for misdiagnosing patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has reportedly opened a new practice. The doctor was living in a million-dollar home and making $600,000 a year until a whistleblower from his neurology department alerted federal authorities that he had been charging Medicare and other… Read more »
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FDA Sends Recommendations to Hospitals Stop Superbug Infections
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent recommendations to hospitals on how to clean duodenoscopes. Superbug infections involving the devices have been linked to 13 deaths and hundreds of infections. Duodenoscopes are used in 660,000 medical procedures every year, putting countless people at risk for infections from CRE, an antibiotic resistant superbug. Swab… Read more »
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Nurses Rally in Florida to Warn About the Dangers of Fatigued Healthcare Workers
A small coalition of Florida nurses recently gathered to protest long hours and poor patient safety policies. Nurses with the Doctors Hospital of Sarasota are claiming they are understaffed, which puts patients at risk for medical mistakes. The nurses claim that over the last eight weeks, 103 patient meals have been missed because they are… Read more »
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Florida Pharmacies Busted for Selling Dangerous Counterfeit Medications
Authorities recently raided two Florida pharmacies for selling counterfeit medications to patients. Counterfeit medications can contain deadly impurities and are difficult to tell apart from the real products. Pharmacies in Ocala and Belleview filled counterfeit prescriptions for patients, marketing them as “Canadian meds”. In an ABC News investigation, a producer was given a fake prescription… Read more »
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Florida Refuses Investigation into Infant Heart Surgery Death
Over the last several months, we have provided continuous updates about several infant heart surgery deaths at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. In a very sad letter to a mother who lost her baby to one of the infant heart surgery deaths, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (FAHCA) claimed it… Read more »
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How Poor Sanitation Practices Can Cause Hospital Superbug Outbreaks
Hospitals are supposed to be the cleanest environments possible to reduce the risk patients will catch additional infections while undergoing treatment. Unfortunately, a new report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests hospitals are not as clean as the public might believe. The researchers reviewed 80 other studies on hospital cleanliness in the years… Read more »
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Hospital Nightmares: When A Misdiagnosis Turns Fatal
When hospitals overwork doctors and require them to take on too many patients, mistakes can happen. Misdiagnosing patients is a common mistake that can have fatal consequences. A hypothetical situation can show how misdiagnosing patients can create disaster scenarios. Ted is a 45-year-old father of three and a business owner who works in real estate…. Read more »
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