Surgeons and nurses have different ideas about whether hours working in operating rooms should be capped, according to a recent poll by Medscape. The first of the poll's questions asked if the hours that surgeons work should be capped to lower the number of harmful...
New software could help eliminate surgical errors
Surgical errors, from operating on the wrong part of the body to giving a patient the wrong organ, are rare. In fact, they happen in only .03 percent of all operations in the U.S. Still, up to 10,000 patients are injured every year from such surgical "never events."...
Self-advocacy can make a difference after surgical errors
When people in Florida enter the hospital for surgery, one of their greatest fears may be the potential for a serious surgical error occurring. Many people have heard news reports about patients that have suffered serious complications during surgery, and no one wants...
Rapping dermatologist sued for medical malpractice
When Florida residents undergo surgery, they expect their doctors to be honest and qualified. However, several patients accuse a Georgia dermatologist of lying about her qualifications, making inappropriate videos during surgeries, performing different procedures than...
Florida hospital under investigation for serious surgical errors
The Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, has been under fire in recent months after two citations for serious medical violations by a state agency. Now, the hospital is under federal investigation. The federal inquiry, undertaken by the...
The rate of ‘never events’ in surgical procedures
Florida patients may be interested to learn that the medical field considers certain medical complications to be "never events." These are errors that should never occur. Never events involve patients who get surgery on the wrong body part, undergo a procedure that...