According to a study conducted by the General Medical Council (GMC), approximately 1 in 20 prescriptions GPs in the UK write contain an error. The researchers found that although doctors take prescribing seriously, improvements need to be made in ord…
Imagine a debt collector visiting sick people who owe money, coming up to their bedsides in hospital, and you might think that this was a description of a new movie – it is not; it really does happen. Debt collectors, according to the Minnesota Attorne…
Results of a survey published in a research letter in JAMA this week, reveal that sexual misconduct and prescribing without an established clinical relationship are among the most common ever reported online violations of professionalism by doctors…
A study in the March issue of Anesthesiology, revealed that anesthesiologists over the age of 65 years had more frequent litigations and were linked to a higher severity of patient injury. Lead researcher, Michael J. Tessler, M.D. said: “We observed …
When dentists do a root canal they are supposed to use steel posts, and definitely not paper clips. A dentist from Massachusetts has just received a 1-year prison sentence at the Bristol County House of Correction, for using paper clips for just such p…
When dentists do a root canal they are supposed to use steel posts, and definitely not paper clips. A dentist from Massachusetts has just received a 1-year prison sentence at the Bristol County House of Correction, for using paper clips for just such p…
Many medical tests that once required sending samples to a laboratory and waiting for results can now be rapidly performed at the patient’s bedside. As these point-of-care testing (POCT) technologies are increasingly integrated into patient care, caref…
Many medical tests that once required sending samples to a laboratory and waiting for results can now be rapidly performed at the patient’s bedside. As these point-of-care testing (POCT) technologies are increasingly integrated into patient care, caref…
Lawyers representing over 5,000 Haitian cholera victims are suing the United Nations and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for bringing the disease into their country. The cholera epidemic resulted in more than 475,000 regist…
In 2010 an Australian law court found in favor a man who blamed the recalled drug for a heart attack he suffered. That ruling now seems to have been overturned in appeal; a win for Merck and its problem Vioxx product. Vioxx which was removed from the m…
