Electronic medical records are becoming the norm in all medical facilities. These records are helpful because they standardize information between medical providers. They also come with built-in warnings to alert doctors when there is a potential pro…
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling invalidating patents that a company had obtained on the human genes BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. These two genes are basically associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risks. The company that had obt…
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I read a tragic story today about a British woman who recently died after doctors missed 30 chances to diagnose her cervical cancer. Jeannine Harvey was a 33 year-old mother of 4 who died as a result of cervical cancer. She died more than eight month…
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At The O’Keefe Firm, we have spent many years dealing with misdiagnosis mistakes. These are mistakes made by doctors and other health care professionals in deciding what is wrong with a patient. A very common situation is when a doctor misses signs…
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Failure to diagnose a medical condition is a common cause of harm to patients and their families. In Houston, Texas a jury recently returned a 4.2 million dollar award to a woman who lost her husband when a doctor failed to diagnose a “simple, stra…
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