Epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, affects millions of individuals worldwide. A timely and accurate diagnosis is crucial for effective management of the condition. Failure to diagnose epilepsy not only deprives patients of necessary...
Diagnostic Errors
Are Emergency Departments able to care for our children?
It is no surprise that children can get seriously ill and suffer major injuries. What may come as a surprise is the sheer volume of pediatric visits to Emergency Departments (ED) in the United States. The National Library of Medicine reports that over 30 million...
Being the Ears — Accompanying Someone to a Medical Visit where Bad News May Be Delivered
Ever been there? I have! You go with a loved one to a visit that could include a diagnosis of cancer or other serious medical disease or condition. You realize it is stressful, but you may not realize how important your role is. The minute the patient hears the “C...
More medical tests, bigger margin of error in diagnosis
Diagnostic errors may be the biggest threat to patient safety in New Jersey and throughout the country today. Many people cannot reconcile how this possible in this age of modern medicine, as technology has advanced to provide medical screenings for almost every known...
Diagnostic Errors by Smart Doctors
Diagnostic errors are estimated to occur 10 to 15% of the times with the highest error rates in general care cases where patients are diagnostically undifferentiated, such as emergency rooms, family medicine and internal medicine. The article in the New England...