Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
A recently released report by the Leapfrog Group patient safety organization and an op-ed piece in the New York Times shed light on a major factor in hospital injuries: A lack of support for nurses – specifically, understaffing. In the report, “Nursing Workforce Safe Practices,” Leapfrog states that a large percentage of the hospitals which …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Construction & Workplace Accidents
A new analysis of construction accidents in New York City underscores the fact that it is not only workers who are at risk of being injured or killed at work sites. Innocent passersby are exposed to the risk as well. A Wall Street Journal review of NYC Department of Buildings records found that “at least …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
Statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that HAIs – “hospital-acquired infections” or “healthcare-associated infections” – are a serious problem in New York and in hospitals and clinics across the country, including staph infections such as MRSA. Because these infections are largely preventable, they are often cited as examples of …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
Pathologists whose work was analyzed for a recently published study often failed to properly diagnose early, non-invasive breast cancer in biopsy tissue samples. The results of the study underscore the importance of getting a second opinion after a breast cancer diagnosis, according to the study’s authors. HealthDay News reports that researchers gave 240 breast biopsy …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Cancer Prevention
With the arrival of Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month in May, attention clearly will be focused melanoma, which is considered to be the deadliest of skin cancers. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that, in 2015, there will be: 73,870 new cases of melanoma diagnosed 9,940 deaths from melanoma. However, the ACS notes, melanoma …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Cancer Prevention
The experiences recently shared in public by two actresses – Suzanne Somers and Rita Wilson – underscore why it is so important for people to get a second opinion about a cancer diagnosis. Too often, cancer is misdiagnosed, carrying tragic consequences for patients and their families. One actress, Suzanne Somers, experienced a false-positive diagnosis. As …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Construction & Workplace Accidents
New York’s Labor Laws are aimed at encouraging construction owners, contractors and their agents to provide a safe site for workers. When those parties fail to live up to their duties, the Labor Laws allow injured workers or the families of deceased workers to seek compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering and …
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In a recent installment of its ongoing “Living Cancer” series, NPR and WNYC public radio focused on the daunting medical expenses faced by cancer patients and their families in the U.S. “Many people told us the financial cost of cancer treatment was something they preferred not to think about — at first,” reporter Kathryn Tam …
Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
An estimated 4,570 misdiagnoses of prostate cancer occur each year in the U.S., leading to about $880 million in unnecessary medical expenses, due to contamination and switching errors that occur during the biopsy process, according to a new study. The study, “The Clinical and Economic Implications of Specimen Provenance Complications in Diagnostic Prostate Biopsies,” appears …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Personal Injury
Nurses sustain more on-the-job injuries than construction workers, yet many hospitals don’t do enough to protect them, an NPR investigation recently found. Statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that 35,000 nurses suffer back and other injuries every year, many of which stem from lifting and turning patients. Those injuries are serious enough …
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