In July 2019, the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality announced the publication of study findings identifying the three categories of diagnostic error that caused the most ...
Medical Malpractice
Most Common Medical Mistakes
When you or a loved one has a medical procedure, whether it’s major surgery at a hospital or a minor procedure at your PCP’s office, you like to think you’ll be healthier and feel better when you’re ...
Diagnostic Error: Imaging Report Errors
Failure to diagnosis, or misdiagnosis, is the most common type of medical malpractice claim. 80% of misdiagnosis claims stem from alleged misreading of clinical tests, according to a report by ...
Alison Mason Heurich, Esq., Senior Attorney