In Texas and across the country, medical misdiagnosis may be a largely unrecognized crisis. Every year, roughly 12 million people are affected by some kind of medical diagnostic error. While many of these situations are quickly resolved and do little long-term harm,...
Month: February 2020
Overcrowding in ERs puts patients at risk for errors and delays
More and more people in Texas and across the U.S. are visiting the emergency room for primary care. In 2015, the U.S. saw a 10-year high in the number of ER visits, and in 2016, the number of such visits exceeded 145 million. At the same time, overcrowding in ERs has...
New technology may help in early PD, MSA diagnosis
Texas residents battling neurodegenerative disorders may be interested in new technology that could help doctors distinguish better between two progressive forms of the disease. Both Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy (MSA) present similar early symptoms,...
Being overdue can lead to serious birth complications
By the time you reach your 40th or 41st week of pregnancy, you are probably ready or nearly ready for it to be over. The problem is that your unborn child is already setting your schedule for you and is already not listening to you. After all, your baby's lungs are...
What happens once sepsis takes hold of your body after surgery
Infection is one of the biggest post-surgical complications people experience. In the ordinary course of events, medical personnel properly monitor you and catch the infection before it progresses into a life-threatening situation, such as sepsis. If those attending...
4 in 10 primary and outpatient care patients hurt through errors
Texas residents may think that most medical errors occur in hospitals, but a new report shows that as many as 4 in 10 patients in primary and outpatient healthcare settings are injured globally because of errors. Of these errors, 80% are deemed to have been...
