Failed Heart Attack Diagnosis Frequent Med Mal
Every year in the United States, 7 million people go to hospital emergency rooms complaining of chest pain or other symptoms suggesting they might be having a heart attack. A missed heart attack diagnosis has the highest malpractice payout among all medical malpractice cases. When patients enter a hospital or an emergency room, doctors have a professional obligation to perform all the routine tests that will either diagnose heart disease or rule it out. When profit is put ahead of patient care, doctors may not take the required time to do their jobs thoroughly and effectively. Patients are often discharged from the hospital when they should be admitted for further testing and treatment. Patients not admitted to the hospital are twice as likely to die as patients properly diagnosed, admitted and treated.
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