An unnamed Veterans Health Care System pathologist in Fayetteville was dismissed in April after being found working while "impaired" as he diagnosed cases. It was the second time in two years the ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Jeri was surprised when her OB/GYN office was calling her on February 1. It had been a year since her last exam when they told her there was nothing to worry about. The phone ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Providence Health and Services is reviewing some laboratory results from a doctor who is no longer practicing at the hospital system. One of our viewers called us recently with ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- A yearlong review of the 33,902 pathology results found 30 missed diagnoses posing serious health risks to patients, according to results released Friday by the Veterans Health Care ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — “Harmful errors are often not disclosed, and when disclosure does take place, it often falls short of the expectations of the patient and the family and the clinical care team,” ...

A major investigation into widespread errors and missed cancer diagnoses by an Ontario pathologist is sparking new concerns over the absence of a national quality-control system that may be ...

You might not suspect that the success of the emerging field of precision medicine depends heavily on the couriers who push carts down hospital halls. But samples taken during surgery may end up in ...

Hospitals and health care quality groups nationwide have sought "to bring more rigorous standards to pathology labs" to prevent improper diagnoses and treatments, the Wall Street Journal reports.

This story was originally published on May 17, 2015, as part of the "Hidden Errors" project. Everyone assumes lab results are correct. For Kenneth Drew, the results showed he had HIV in 2011. By the ...