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) - 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 ...

The work of a pathology laboratory is immensely critical, as patients anxiously wait to hear word of a disease or clean bill of health. During that time, histotechnicians and pathologists are hard at ...

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 ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A former pathologist and pathology and laboratory director who who was often drunk while on duty made mistakes in about 10% of the 34,000 cases he reviewed over 13 years, and the ...

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 ...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A Northeast Ohio family says a false lung cancer diagnosis and the removal of part of their elderly aunt’s lung has forever changed her quality of life, so they’re ...

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 ...