On behalf of Barry D. Lang, M.D. & Associates | Apr 25, 2013 | Failure To Diagnose & Misdiagnosis
An idea that was first proposed in 2005 in both the failed Medical Error Disclosure and Compensation Act and in passed legislation that created Patient Safety Organizations may be nearing implementation. A group of legal and medical professionals is in discussions...
On behalf of Barry D. Lang, M.D. & Associates | Apr 23, 2013 | Failure To Diagnose & Misdiagnosis
An Emory University School of Medicine assistant professor estimates that a wrong-patient error occurs in around one of every 10,000 radiological examinations. These errors could put Boston patients at risk of serious health problems and doctors at risk of medical...
On behalf of Barry D. Lang, M.D. & Associates | Apr 19, 2013 | Surgical Errors
A week after a supposedly routine abortion procedure, the woman who sought the abortion for medical reasons found out she was still pregnant. Massachusetts residents may have heard of the resulting surgeon malpractice lawsuit, which alleges the error resulted in...
On behalf of Barry D. Lang, M.D. & Associates | Apr 18, 2013 | Traumatic Brain Injuries
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment (HBOT) and several other “non-invasive procedures” may offer hope for traumatic brain injury patients in Massachusetts and across the nation. Unfortunately, as one survivor has found, these treatments are expensive and...
On behalf of Barry D. Lang, M.D. & Associates | Apr 12, 2013 | Failure To Diagnose & Misdiagnosis
Two studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association may surprise people in Massachusetts and around the country. These studies indicate that when resident physicians are working the shorter shifts that have been recommended by oversight boards,...
On behalf of Barry D. Lang, M.D. & Associates | Apr 10, 2013 | Birth Injuries
Doctors in poverty-stricken areas have a new option for reducing the risk of brain damage in oxygen-deprived children. The condition is referred to as hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Though placental problems and umbilical knotting can happen during any child...
On behalf of Barry D. Lang, M.D. & Associates | Apr 5, 2013 | Failure To Diagnose & Misdiagnosis
According to the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the increasingly common trend of neuroenhancement by young students is not good. Neuroenhancement is when healthy individuals rely on prescription drugs to increase their mental performance, and a study by AAN...
On behalf of Barry D. Lang, M.D. & Associates | Apr 3, 2013 | Surgical Errors
Massachusetts residents who are considering knee replacement surgery may be interested to know that an error occurred during this procedure at San Coronado Hospital in California on April 2012 due to a vendor rep taking the wrong box off a shelf. The patient then had...
