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If you’re a physician in a high-risk medical specialty — say, a neurosurgeon– you’ll almost certainly be sued at least once during your career.
That depressing tidbit is from a new analysis of malpractice data from a large professional liability insurer covering nearly 41,000 individual physicians between 1991 through 2005. The study, which was […]
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Katherine Hobson
If you’re a physician in a high-risk medical specialty — say, a neurosurgeon– you’ll almost certainly face a malpractice claim at least once during your career.
That depressing tidbit is from a new analysis of malpractice data from a large professional liability insurer covering nearly 41,000 individual physicians between 1991 through 2005. The […]
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MEwens
A number of hospitals and health systems around the country are adopting safety programs to reduce harm to both mother and infant in the delivery room, according to a story in the WSJs special report on health-care innovation.
But in at least one case, innovation has drawn some unexpected–and apparently unwanted–attention. In last months […]
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MEwens
Also: results for a faster flu-vaccine production method; generic-drug makers want to pay user fees; malpractice law changes.
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In none of the 31 mediations studied did physicians participate. What was lost?
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The report estimates the cost of the 44,000-odd claims against hospitals arising from incidents occurring last year will top $8.6 billion.
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We heard from one physician who proposes a “safe harbor” from legal action if he or she justifies the omission of a test or procedure in the patient’s records.
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Katherine Hobson
The findings should be interpreted with caution, study authors write, because the cost of defensive medicine is so hard to calculate.
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Katherine Hobson
We assumed medical societies and associations in all 50 states would sign on to the letter, but groups in Alabama, North Dakota and Kansas did not.
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It’s not clear whether litigation costs fell because of the “disclose-with-offer” program instituted by the University of Michigan Health system.
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