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Electronic health records (EHRs) were supposed to increase record transparency and eliminate a lot of mix-ups that can happen when handwritten records get jumbled, are hard to read or simply get mixed up or lost. The idea is that health care providers can only open...
In some cases, men and women will have very similar symptoms for specific conditions, and the doctor will know what type of diagnosis to make almost immediately. However, there are also many cases in which symptoms can be different, and this can lead to a...
There’s no doubt that medical facilities of all kinds have been hard-pressed for resources – especially when it comes to staffing. Inadequate staffing is simply an inescapable reality for many hospitals, clinics and nursing homes. Unfortunately, that leads to another...
As temperatures drop and precipitation accumulates, the roads and sidewalks in New York can become difficult to travel on. The interiors of businesses can also become more dangerous than usual. The colder seasons in New York present a time when the average person has...
A woman who is in labor will sometimes have a say in what types of interventions she has to deal with. In some cases, fetal monitoring is one of the factors that must be determined. Some women can choose to have intermittent monitoring, while others will need...
Understaffing is a serious problem in hospitals and could put patients’ lives at risk. Understaffing, when it leads to errors, injuries and deaths, can also be considered a type of medical malpractice. There are many safety implications of understaffing. According to...
Following a fatal accident, families may wonder what they can do about their unexpected damages they have suffered. Whether their loved one was injured and killed in a work-related accident or because of an occupational illness or some other type of accident, it is...
Despite the many warnings from experts and law enforcement, people continue to drive while distracted. In fact, according to the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, distracted driving is the top contributing factor for motor vehicle accidents in New York. Any time a...
Waking up and going to work is a fact of life for just about everyone in the United States. We are assured that our workplaces should be safe by federal and state law, but unfortunately, some workplaces fail to live up to these obligations. Accidents can happen and...
Introduction Surgeons are required to deal with pairs: some patients have two hands or two legs with only one limb requiring treatment; a surgeon must transplant an organ into a second patient, yet the wrong patient gets the transplant. When a surgeon amputates the...