Healthcare Inspection: Alleged Misdiagnosis Hudson Valley Health Care System, Castle Point, New York.

摘要

The VA Office of Inspector General Office of Healthcare Inspections conducted an inspection to assess the merit of allegations made by a complainant involving staff at the Hudson Valley Health Care System (HVHCS) in Castle Point, NY. Specifically, a complainant alleged that a patient reported to her that HVHCS staff: Told him that he had pancreatic cancer (and, in distress, he relapsed into substance abuse); Contacted him several days later to report that he did not have pancreatic cancer after discovering that they mixed-up laboratory results; and Told him that they did not know who the other patient was with the positive cancer result.