It may seem hard to believe, but some California patients continue to wake up in the hospital only to discover that the surgeon operated on the wrong eye, arm or leg, causing serious damage and exacerbating existing medical problems. While hospitals and medical...
A new study reveals that Black men in California and across the U.S. might be underdiagnosed with lung disease because of racial biases built into diagnostic algorithms used by physicians. When a doctor relies on a diagnostic test that uses one of these biased...
Patients in California and around the country who undergo surgical procedures in low-volume hospitals are more likely to die or encounter complications than patients who are operated on in busier medical facilities. This was the conclusion reached by researchers from...
