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Preventing misdiagnosis of epilepsy » Commentary on the papers by Hindley et al (see page 214) and Uldall et al (see page 219) Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Medical errors, malpractice, and defensive medicine: an ill-fated triad » For the first 180 years following the founding of the US, physicians occasionally were sued for medical malpractice. Allegations of negligence were errors of commission – i.e. the physician made a mistake by doing something wrong, usually mistreatment of a fracture or dislocation, a complication or death following a surgical procedure, prescribing the wrong medication, and after the discovery of the X-ray by Roentgen in 1895, causing radiation burns. In the mid twentieth century malpractice allegations slowly changed from errors of commission to errors of omission – i.e. the physician failed to do something right: almost always, failed to make a diagnosis. The number of malpractice lawsuits increased at a geometric rate beginning in the 1960s, and in the 1970s physicians began practicing defensive medicine, which lead physicians to order unnecessary radiology exams and tests. In the past 20 years the number of malpractice lawsuits has been decreasing, but the practice of defensive medicine has continued. Degruyter.com

Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment… » CDC updates sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines. Cdc.gov

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Frequently Asked Questions » …do I have to file a claim for occupational injury or illness? If you suspect you are disabled by an occupational disease, or if a doctor tells you that you … Dol.gov

Legal Recourse After A Misdiagnosis » If you've been misdiagnosed, can you sue the doctor? Cbsnews.com

4 myths about PCOS and why they are wrong » Feb 27, 2020… New research shows it can be common for women to be misdiagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome. Lead author PhD candidate Tessa Copp and … Sydney.edu.au

Error Reporting and Disclosure » Sustained and collaborative efforts to reduce the occurrence and severity of health care errors are required so that safer, higher quality care results. To improve safety, error-reporting strategies should include identifying errors, admitting mistakes, correcting unsafe conditions, and reporting systems improvements to stakeholders. The greater the number of actual errors and near misses reported, the more reliable a health care organization or system could be, from a safety viewpoint, when systems improvements are consistent with error patterns. Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov