Though an injured worker had not yet pleaded sufficient facts, the Court of Appeal said in a recent ruling the law supports his attempt to try again.

Errors are inevitable, which is why good systems have redundancies. But when the “double-check” gets overlooked, all that effort can come to naught.

An abnormal test result typically sets in motion a number of follow-up actions by a patient’s treaters. While many of those actions will depend on the particular situation, one of them should be a constant: Telling the patient.

Patient coverage by trusted colleagues is a necessary part of practicing medicine. But post-surgical handoffs can become a focal point if things go wrong.

When a treating physician believes that a referral to another specialist is appropriate, a denied authorization does not mean that the physician should just quietly soldier on.