Latest Colorectal Podcast Episodes
Med Error Leads to Change in L&D Policy
MedMal Insider - May 14, 2024 17:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsA 30-year-old woman experiencing her first pregnancy, presented to the Labor and Delivery unit. She was given the wrong drug and required an emergent C-section. The "five rights" of medication administration focuses on individual factors and not necessarily on system flaws. Many organizations ar...
Dear God, It's me Mandy
Rerouted - January 07, 2024 22:00 - 40 minutesA very personal episode about Mandy's relationship with God and how it has grown since a life changing accident on Halloween 2023. Please send any comments or questions to [email protected] Title Song: No Looking Back Artist: Lee Sylvestre https://soundcloud.com/leesylvestre Chec...
Incidental Lung Nodule Overlooked, No Follow-up, Fatal Cancer Advances
MedMal Insider - December 30, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsA patient was imaged for abdominal pain, but the radiologist saw and reported an incidental finding of a nodule on the lower lung that was not pursued or revealed to the patient for 2 years. The cancer had metastasized, and the patient died from lung cancer 18 months later.
Overdose or Poor Documentation?
MedMal Insider - October 17, 2023 17:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe patient’s family alleged that improper management of the patient under anesthesia resulted in cardiorespiratory arrest, permanent brain damage, and a persistent vegetative state. While the cause of the patient’s cardiac arrest is uncertain, the CRNA failed to note which medications and doses ...
Response to Charges of Discrimination can Help or Hurt a Hospital, Any Employer
MedMal Insider - July 12, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWhen hospitals and medical practices face charges of discrimination from employees, the consequences can include litigation, large payments, morale problems, and less quality care for the patients they serve. How an employer responds can make all the difference in outcomes. Based on closed claims...
Walking the Talk
Rerouted - June 12, 2023 01:00 - 25 minutesToday's episode was inspired by a moment of introspection about how passionate Mandy is about eradicating child trafficking and she questions just what people's true lines are. Title Song: No Looking Back Artist: Lee Sylvestre https://soundcloud.com/leesylvestre Articles Referenced in this e...
Slow to Diagnose Endocarditis After Repeat Visits
MedMal Insider - April 04, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsOne thing that seemed to be missing in this particular evaluation was a formal differential diagnosis that may have been present in the physician’s brain, but wasn’t documented, and there’s no evidence that it was really thought about.
Signs of Bias in Rejected Request for Accommodation
MedMal Insider - December 12, 2022 10:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsBoston Attorney Megan Kures explains how a hospital should respond to a request for accommodation. Tip: it shouldn’t be a knee-jerk no, and be sure to involve HR from the start.
Episode 12 Am I Really Alone?
Rerouted - October 25, 2022 14:00 - 13 minutesIn this episode, Mandy speaks from the heart about the trend to normalize behavior that puts all children at risk. Details about what is being referred to can be found here. https://twitter.com/iamdansgal/status/1584750873413963777?s=20&t=DkH3DfXa6cdW7PSxZyzRYg Title Song: No Looking Back A...
Health Payment Reform Act: Rules to Protect Providers
MedMal Insider - September 27, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsAfter a state medical error disclosure and apology law went into effect in November 2012, health providers in Massachusetts have protections and rules to follow.
Cardiac Event Mismanaged in ED
MedMal Insider - April 13, 2022 09:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsAn otherwise healthy 50-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with atypical chest pain. Discharge and death the next morning followed.
Woman’s Stroke Progressed in ED without Intervention
MedMal Insider - November 16, 2021 10:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe patient needed to be evaluated by a stroke team and a neurologist promptly to decide whether any treatment was indicated or possible. Triage should be the same whether the ER was empty or overcapacity.
Episode 11 Deep Down You Know
Rerouted - October 03, 2021 22:00 - 42 minutesIn this episode, Mandy talks about vaccine mandates and pulls no punches about her opinions on the subject. She also gives a shout out to some other podcasters and entertainers who have not fallen victim to the woke mentality. Title Song: No Looking Back Artist: Lee Sylvestre https://soundclo...
Episode 10 Just Stop and Think
Rerouted - August 22, 2021 22:00 - 45 minutesIn this episode, Mandy thanks some people who have reached out about the podcast in a positive way. She also talks about what seems to be a lack of logic about many topics in the world today, from Covid, to vaccines, the border and Afghanistan. As always, she encourages and welcomes all opinions...
Episode 10 - Just Stop and Think
Rerouted - August 22, 2021 22:00 - 45 minutesIn this episode, Mandy thanks some people who have reached out about the podcast in a positive way. She also talks about what seems to be a lack of logic about many topics in the world today, from Covid, to vaccines, the border and Afghanistan. As always, she encourages and welcomes all opinions...
Surgery Change Needed Better Consent
MedMal Insider - August 06, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe goal was to treat uncontrolled pain from tumors but the patient was left with unexpected hearing loss. The patient sued when she claimed the surgeon changed the side of the operation without consulting her. For ideas that might help prevent these negative outcomes, we talk with Douglas Smink...
Lack of Preparation, Safety Culture, Contributed to Loss of Baby
MedMal Insider - June 02, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThis OB patient’s risk factors were not adequately considered, and the team’s failure to follow protocols and secure back-up contributed to a lawsuit and a settlement of over $1 million.
Episode 9 - Find Out Who Your Friends Are
Rerouted - May 10, 2021 20:00 - 15 minutesIn this episode, Mandy takes a moment to thank some incredible women who she is blessed to call friends. Please email any thoughts, opinions or questions to [email protected] Title Song: No Looking Back Artist: Lee Sylvestre https://soundcloud.com/leesylvestre
Episode 8 - Your Body, Your Choice
Rerouted - March 28, 2021 21:00 - 44 minutesIn this episode, Mandy revisits the reason she started this podcast in the first place, health. Bringing together her own health challenges and discussing their place in today's climate, it is discussion that everyone has an opinion about and she welcomes yours. EPISODE CORRECTION- when speaki...
Unclear Discharge Instructions, Patient Loses Foot
MedMal Insider - February 28, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn a lawsuit naming the Emergency Medicine physician and a nurse, the patient alleged that a dressing was applied too tightly, compromising the circulation and resulting in a gangrenous foot, requiring amputation. Despite an eventual defense verdict, some lessons show how to prevent this bad clin...
New Year's Eve - Hope Rerouted
Rerouted - December 31, 2020 22:00 - 39 minutesIt's time to say goodbye to 2020, a year like no other. In this episode, Mandy expresses her feelings and thoughts about all that has occurred in 2020 and what she wishes for everyone in the coming year. As always, please send any questions or comments to [email protected] Title Son...
Woman Dies from Post-op Stroke When Anticoagulant Not Restarted
MedMal Insider - December 17, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsRestarting heparin was not in the post-op instructions. In a lawsuit naming four physicians, the patient's estate alleged negligent failure to restart anticoagulation, resulting in a stroke and ultimately, her death. The case was settled for more than a million.
Re-Rooted
Rerouted - November 09, 2020 01:00 - 21 minutesIn today's episode, Mandy takes a moment to speak to the current unrest in the United States surrounding the recent presidential election. There are many opinions and theories about why people are so diametrically opposed right now, and many are so passionate they cannot even allow the other sid...
Young Patient, Flawed Test, Fatal Delay in Colon CA Diagnosis
MedMal Insider - October 08, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsDespite multiple visits to her PCP with similar complaints over years, this young patient did not get a timely diagnosis of colon cancer and died. Dr. Carla Ford looks at the testing, communication among providers, and some diagnostic insights for the next patient.
Innocence Rerouted
Rerouted - August 24, 2020 02:00 - 16 minutesIt's been awhile since a new episode was dropped and after listening to this show, hopefully you will have a better understanding of what took so long. Today, Mandy shares the crazy twists her life has taken since the launch of The Rerouted Podcast while talking about the topic of child traffick...
“What Else Might This Be?” Might Have Saved PE Patient
MedMal Insider - July 20, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsA fatal PE misdiagnosis may have gone wrong from the very beginning. With analysis based on closed claims in the Harvard medical system, urgent care specialist Jonathan Einbinder explores ways an ordinary case with a tragic outcome might be prevented in the future.
Episode 4 - Siara Bates
Rerouted - April 13, 2020 00:00 - 1 hourOn this episode of The Rerouted Podcast, Mandy spends some quality time with her daughter Siara. They talk about how it felt when Siara learned of her mom's rectal cancer diagnosis as well as what it means for her future. They also talk about the obstacles due to health insurance issues and life...
A Forgotten Stent and Unclear Responsibility for Follow Up
MedMal Insider - April 02, 2020 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe patient sued his oncologist and the hospital, claiming they mismanaged his post-op recovery when a stent was left behind for a year, leading to complications that required additional surgery.
Episode 3 - Kathie Keleher Interview
Rerouted - February 28, 2020 17:00 - 1 hourOn this episode, Mandy interviews Kathie Keleher, a surgical technologist, who has been in the field for 21 years with 6 of them dedicated to gastroenterology. They talk about some of the technical aspects of colonoscopies and colon cancer surgery as well as Kathie's experience with her own canc...
Kathie Keleher Interview
Rerouted - February 28, 2020 17:00 - 1 hourOn this episode, Mandy interviews Kathie Keleher, a surgical technologist, who has been in the field for 21 years with 6 of them dedicated to gastroenterology. They talk about some of the technical aspects of colonoscopies and colon cancer surgery as well as Kathie's experience with her own canc...
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