Medical Malpractice
When women arrive at emergency rooms in Oklahoma and report severe abdominal pain, they will wait an average of 65 minutes for treatment compared to 49 minutes for men. If the problem is a heart attack, doctors will misdiagnose the [...]
Researchers at Coverys, the provider of liability insurance to medical practitioners and health systems, have analyzed over 10,000 radiology-related medical malpractice claims filed between 2013 and 2017 and now closed. Their intention was to identify major risk factors and safety [...]
When people in Oklahoma are sick or injured, they should not have to worry about the quality of medical care they receive. However, studies show that, in many cases, health care outcomes can be worsened when people go to the [...]
Scientists have developed a new way to detect subtle breast cancer lesions, according to a new study funded by the European Union. The findings could improve the prognosis of breast cancer patients in Oklahoma and worldwide.Breast cancer is the most [...]
The results of a nationwide survey of doctors might be interesting to Oklahoma readers. Nearly 6,700 hospital and clinic doctors were asked about workplace safety, medical errors, fatigue, depression, suicidal thoughts and workplace burnout. Researchers concluded that doctors who suffered [...]
Pancreatic cancer is rare and aggressive. Many Oklahoma patients diagnosed with the disease die within a year of diagnosis, and a small percentage live for up to five years. However, a new study found that a four-drug combo can help [...]
Residents of Oklahoma who are interested in the growing role that artificial intelligence plays in the medical field will want to know about a new international study published in the Annals of Oncology. Researchers tested a form of deep learning [...]
When Oklahoma patients undergo a surgical procedure, they don't expect sponges or other instruments to be left in their bodies. However, that's exactly what happened to a woman in Japan according to a report recently published in The New England [...]
Oklahoma patients may be interested to know that data entry software can limit errors in dual-energy x-ray and ultrasound radiology results. According to researchers at the University of Colorado, the software can also save as much as $1 million worth [...]
