March 18, 2026 AI and Medical Malpractice: Who Is Responsible When Artificial Intelligence Contributes to a Medical Error? Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing modern healthcare. Doctors and hospitals now use AI-powered systems to assist with diagnosing illnesses, reviewing medical imaging, and recommending treatment plans. While these tools can improve efficiency and accuracy, they also raise an important question for patients: who is responsible when an AI system contributes to a medical mistake? … Read More »
August 24, 2025 Top Patient Safety Concern: Medical Gaslighting According to the ECRI’s (formerly known as the Emergency Care Research Institute) recent annual report on patient safety concerns for 2025, medical gaslighting is at the top of the list. Medical gaslighting refers to a clinician’s dismissal of a patient’s, caregiver’s, or family’s concerns. The ECRI warns that medical gaslighting has led to misdiagnoses and … Read More »
April 8, 2025 Here’s How to Avoid Medication Mistakes According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately one-third of American adults in their 60s and 70s take five or more prescription medications daily. Juggling different medication schedules, dosages, and instructions is a complicated process; in fact, as many as half of all patients fail to take their prescription(s) correctly. Improper medication … Read More »
February 5, 2025 The Epidemic of High Blood Pressure in Kids and Teens Although we usually think of high blood pressure (or hypertension) as a condition that primarily affects adults, the number of American kids and teens who have it has been growing steadily since the late 1970s. What Is High Blood Pressure? High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a condition where the force of blood … Read More »
February 2, 2025 Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Sepsis and Other Infections The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal death as the death of a woman while pregnant, during childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. While the United States is often regarded as the global forerunner in technology, science, and healthcare, it has one of the highest maternal mortality rates among other high-income countries. … Read More »
January 30, 2025 February Is American Heart Month Approximately 695,000 Americans die from heart disease annually, accounting for roughly every one in four or five deaths. That is just one of the reasons why our country observes American Heart Month each February. While people of all different ages, genders, and backgrounds battle heart disease, there are steps to take to reduce known risk … Read More »
November 21, 2024 Women and Minorities Are More Likely to Be Victims of Medical Mistakes Every year, healthcare providers make mistakes that endanger or harm their patients. According to a new study, women and ethnic and racial minorities are 20% to 30% more likely to experience these mistakes than white men. The study’s results, which were published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Internal Medicine, found that nearly … Read More »
November 1, 2024 Which Medical Specialties are the Most Affected by Burnout? When we go to the doctor, be it for a regular appointment or for an emergency, we expect to receive the safest and most effective medical care possible. While in most cases, people may receive the accepted standard of care, sometimes providers make an entirely preventable mistake. A far too common culprit behind these mistakes is … Read More »
July 18, 2024 New Study Confirms HPV Vaccine Helps Men and Women When it comes to HPV or the human papillomavirus, we tend to think that women are the main ones affected. We could not be more wrong – in fact, HPV infections have been linked to throat, anal canal, and anal cancers in males and females alike. Luckily, researchers behind a recent study found evidence suggesting … Read More »
