What Percentage of Medical Boards Would Look Into Certain Online Actions by Physicians? A full 81% of osteopathic and medical board directors surveyed confirmed that they would be very prone to investigate doctors who misrepresented the outcome of treatments online according to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Responses to the [...]
This article posted by Aaron Deslatte appeared in the Orlando Sentinel. As it echoes sentiment that I have expressed in prior blogs, I would like to share this with you today. The Florida Legislature has passed new restrictions on the right of injured patients to sue the medical professionals that treat them. Republican lawmakers struggling to [...]
The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University released a recent study where medical students about to embark on their career were asked where they intended to practice medicine. Fifty percent stated that they would not practice in Illinois due to the cost of medical malpractice liability insurance. Dr. Robertson, the author of the study [...]
According to a new national Gallup survey of physicians, defensive medicine accounts for 26 percent of the nation’s healthcare costs–one in four dollars. Using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate of our healthcare at $2.5 trillion, defensive medicine drains some $650 billion per year out of the healthcare system. Calculating 2 years at this [...]
The neurosurgeon walked into the courtroom to defend his malpractice case. A patient suffering from a poor result was suing him. The doctor’s palms were sweaty, his heart was racing, his head was pounding. He looked up to see the jury of “his peers”. But wait! A jury of his peers would mean other doctors, [...]
Nowadays, we as physicians must spend at least as much time and attention “treating our charts” as we do treating our patients. Even when the charts were strictly paper, it was crucial that we write down everything that was done and seen. Courts have long taken the premise that if it isn’t in the chart, [...]
Article appearing in the Wall St. Journal today titled “ Bloggers, Beware: What You Write Can Get You Sued,” chronicles the events of Shelee Hale who is being sued for journalistic comments she made in a blog. The article further mentions various insurance co.s that supply blog insurance for a price so that if you are [...]
