Month: December 2016

A birth injury, as defined by the Merck Manual, is any damage sustained by an infant during the childbirth process. The category includes a wide variety of injuries, from minor cuts to severe and potentially disabling forms of brain damage. Parents are often surprised to learn that many, if not most, children are born with slight injuries. …

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Radiologists are a crucial part of nearly every medical team, responsible for diagnosing and treating health conditions through the use of imaging technologies like computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). What Do Radiologists Do? In most clinical settings, radiologists act like expert consultants, interpreting medical images to advise referring physicians on treatment options. …

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Abubaker Atiq Durrani, a well-regarded spinal surgeon in Cincinnati, is now facing nearly 500 medical malpractice lawsuits, along with a federal indictment over charging Medicare and Medicaid programs for millions in fraudulent surgical claims. The owner of private surgical practices in Ohio and Kentucky, Durrani has been accused of convincing hundreds of patients to undergo …

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Healthcare researchers have a term for medical errors that are totally unacceptable: never events. In the world of surgery, never events are some of the most devastating, and unconscionable, mistakes that a physician can make. We’re talking about more than mere slip-ups here. Never events are catastrophic, and almost always preventable, sources of extreme injury. …

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