All Episodes

No Note About Patient Refusal of Test Before Missed Cancer

Fatal Team Failure to Widen the Diagnostic Focus for OB Patient

Missed Protocols, Medication Mix-up, Patient Death

Timing of Conversation Influences Settlement in Age Discrimination Claim

Communication Post-op Blamed in Large Settlement

Battery in Toddler’s Nose Missed at First

Bad Finger, Good Documentation

A Pending Test at Discharge and a Return with Sepsis

Med Error Leads to Change in L&D Policy

Incidental Lung Nodule Overlooked, No Follow-up, Fatal Cancer Advances

Overdose or Poor Documentation?

Response to Charges of Discrimination can Help or Hurt a Hospital, Any Employer

Slow to Diagnose Endocarditis After Repeat Visits

Signs of Bias in Rejected Request for Accommodation

Cardiac Event Mismanaged in ED

Woman’s Stroke Progressed in ED without Intervention

Surgery Change Needed Better Consent

Lack of Preparation, Safety Culture, Contributed to Loss of Baby

Unclear Discharge Instructions, Patient Loses Foot

Getting Clinicians in Lawsuits to Care for Themselves is Hard

Woman Dies from Post-op Stroke When Anticoagulant Not Restarted

Young Patient, Flawed Test, Fatal Delay in Colon CA Diagnosis

“What Else Might This Be?” Might Have Saved PE Patient

A Forgotten Stent and Unclear Responsibility for Follow Up

Nothing is “Routine” for an Anxious Patient or Family

Status Change Missed, Consultation Flawed, and the Patient Loses Baby

Radiology Didn’t Know Risk Status Before Patient Fall, Head Injury

Fatal Misplaced Tube Casts Light on Supervision, Competence Assessment

Doctors Lose Their Own Malpractice Case

Part I: Harvard Joins IHI to Cut Referral Mistakes

Poor Communication of Doctor’s Orders Leads to Preventable Death

ED, Stuck on Wrong Diagnosis, Blamed the Patient

NP Misses Fatal Illness on Phone with Patient’s Dad

For This Patient, Opioids for Pain Resulted in Suicide, Court Settlement

Culture Helped, Hurt in this Dosage Error

No Review of Test Result, and Girl Suffers Wrong Dx for Years

Missing an MI When Symptoms Didn’t Match Diagnosis

Distraction, Poor Planning for OB Patient

MedMal Huddle Looks at Communication Errors

Was This Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Too Rushed?

Troubled Brew: Multiple Providers, Disjointed Care, Lost Kidney Function

Spine Surgery: Someone Should Have Said ‘Time Out’

Diagnostic Dropped Ball: Nobody Followed Up on Lung Nodule

Unfair But So What? Trial for MD After Patient Skips Screening

Asplenic Patient Disabled after Providers Overlooked Infection Risk

Missed Steps Delay Breast Diagnosis

A Missed MI Diagnosis and Death After Office Visit

Misread of Data Slowed Response, Hurt Patient

Patient Loses Finger after Medication Error in ER

Missed MI and a Failure to Connect the Dots

Surgeon: ‘I Blew It’ Hospital: ‘We Blew It’

Late Follow Up Miffed Patient in 1821 Ortho Case

Midwife Didn’t Seek OB Consult on Fetal Heart Rate

Bleed Recovery Good, But Disclosure Faulted

Test Delay Blamed in Woman’s Death

Retained Object: Reliance on Memory Harms Patient

Lack of Empathy Triggers Suit Against Surgeon

Wrong Site, Quickly Settled