31 articles on "physician"

Doctor To Pay $2,500,000 To Family Of Woman Who Died Of Metastatic Colon Cancer Caused By Diagnosis Delay

Less than 1% of those diagnosed with colon cancer are younger than thirty-five. But, because of the fact that colon cancer can be fatal physicians generally concur that rectal bleeding, even in an individual below thirty-five, needs to be followed by...

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Doctor To Pay $2,500,000 To Family Of Woman Who Died Of Metastatic Colon Cancer Caused By Diagnosis Delay

A doctor has been ordered to pay $2,500,000 to the family of a woman who died of metastatic colon cancer caused by a diagnosis delay. The judgment comes after a lawsuit filed by the victim's family against the doctor, claiming that he failed to provi...

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Overlooked Indications Of Fetal Distress Lead To Infant's Cerebral Palsy

The fetal heart rate monitor provides physicians and nurses with important data relating to the well-being of the unborn baby while the mother is in labor. The information from the monitor is used to track whether the baby is well or is in a compromi...

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Obama's Stimulus Package May Lead to a Medical Records Bonanza

A two-year window spurred by the new Administration's providing economic stimulus funding for purchasing EMR software could lead to a veritable "bonanza" as clinicians rush to take advantage prior to January 1, 2011, when the money kicks in. Ph...

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$12,000,000 Jury Verdict For Woman When Physicians Misdiagnosed Her Breast Cancer

Among the primary tools available to help physicians in saving the lives of female patients is the mammogram, a test that checks for evidence of possible cancer in the breast, allowing physicians to find the cancer in its early stages. However the ma...

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Doctor Settles Malpractice Lawsuit With Mother Of Baby Who Died During Pregnancy For $650,000

A woman who had been dealing with hypertension for a number of years reaches the decision that she and her husband want to have a baby. After learning of the pregnancy, she met with her primary care physician who sent her to an obstetrician. When she...

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Family Of Stillborn Child Settle Lawsuit With Physician

A woman with hypertension seeks guidance from her physician after she finds out that she is pregnant. Her doctor gives her a referral to an obstetrician who will provide her care during her pregnancy. At the beginning of her pregnancy her obstetricia...

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Jury Compensates Parents $1.6 Million For Stillbirth Her Baby Due To Emergency Room Physician's Error

Altogether, there are two things patients really expect from their physicians. This is probably never more true than when the patient is an expectant mother who is entrusting the physician with the wellbeing of her baby. To begin with, it is critical...

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What Happens When Physicians Do Not Follow Up On Abnormal Digital Exam And PSA Testing

Imagine you are a man and you go to your physician for your yearly checkup. Imagine the physician orders blood tests, including a PSA test which is used for the early detection of prostate cancer. This is the way to check if a male without any sympto...

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Settlement When Baby Died From Placental Abruption Oxygen Restriction

Women select their obstetrician meticulously. And then as their pregnancy progresses they build a bond with the physician and to trust him or her. They often believe their obstetrician, who has been monitoring the pregnancy over the course of many mo...

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