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View ArticlePatient complaints can identify surgeons with higher rates of bad surgical...
Recording and analyzing patient and family reports about rude and disrespectful behavior can identify surgeons with higher rates of surgical site infections and other avoidable adverse outcomes,...
View ArticleArticle highlights legal issues linked to physician extenders
(HealthDay)—The use of physician extenders (PEs; mainly physician assistants and nurse practitioners) may bring added legal risks to a practice, according to an article published in Medical Economics.
View ArticleMeasuring defensive medicine costs on three hospital services
About 28 percent of the orders for three services at three hospitals were judged to be at least partially defensive by the physicians who ordered them.
View ArticleStudy: Only 1 in 5 medical malpractice cases pay
(AP) -- Only 1 in 5 malpractice claims against doctors leads to a settlement or other payout, according to the most comprehensive study of these claims in two decades.
View ArticleStudy points to patient safety risks outside hospital walls
Ever since the Institute of Medicine issued its landmark report "To Err Is Human" in 1999, significant attention has been paid to improving patient safety in hospitals nationwide.
View ArticleMedical malpractice reform does little to contain health care costs
Two papers co-authored by a University of Illinois expert in the regulation and financing of health care conclude that tort reform has had relatively little impact on the U.S. health care system.
View ArticleEcuadoran beauty queen dies following liposuction
A young beauty queen has died in Ecuador after undergoing liposuction surgery that she had received as a prize, her family said, calling the operation a case of medical malpractice.
View ArticleArticle highlights top management challenges for 2015
(HealthDay)—Considerable challenges are projected to impact practice management in 2015, according to an article published in Medical Economics.
View ArticleFewer malpractice claims paid in the US
(HealthDay)—The number of medical malpractice payments in the United States has dropped sharply since 2002, according to a new study. And compensation payment amounts and liability insurance costs for...
View ArticleGiving physicians immunity from malpractice claims does not reduce 'defensive...
Changing laws to make it more difficult to sue physicians for medical malpractice may not reduce the amount of "defensive medicine" practiced by physicians, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
View ArticleStudy shows anesthesia-related deaths decline; improvement needed to reduce...
October 15, 2014—Although recent trends show a decline in anesthesia-related deaths, a study published today by the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management concludes that risks are evolving and both...
View ArticleNIH funds study of malpractice risk, cardiac testing incentives
(HealthDay)—The National Institutes of Health has granted $2 million to study the effect of malpractice risk and financial incentives on cardiac testing.
View ArticleAlabama man claims penis mistakenly amputated
(AP)—An Alabama man who went to the hospital for a routine circumcision says doctors mistakenly amputated his penis.
View ArticleIn-store clinics, 'telemedicine' and the death of windfall malpractice judgments
Diminishing windfall medical malpractice judgments for inadvertent bumps and bruises might make some lawyers sick.
View ArticlePending malpractice litigation may bias parents' reports
(HealthDay)—Following neonatal brachial plexus palsy, medical malpractice litigation is associated with worse parent reports of their child's function and pain, according to a study published in the...
View ArticleMassachusetts primary care malpractice claims related to alleged misdiagnoses
Most of the primary care malpractice claims filed in Massachusetts are related to alleged misdiagnoses, according to study in JAMA Internal Medicine by Gordon D. Schiff, M.D., of the Harvard Medical...
View ArticleLawsuit filed after surgeon allegedly operates on wrong side of patient's brain
A medical malpractice lawsuit was filed Friday against SSM Health Care-St. Louis and a neurosurgeon for allegedly operating on the wrong side of a woman's skull and brain.
View ArticleDiagnostic errors more common, costly and harmful than treatment mistakes
In reviewing 25 years of U.S. malpractice claim payouts, Johns Hopkins researchers found that diagnostic errors—not surgical mistakes or medication overdoses—accounted for the largest fraction of...
View ArticleFrench executives on trial over faulty breast implants (Update)
France launched one of its biggest-ever trials on Wednesday as five managers from company PIP faced charges of selling faulty breast implants that sparked a global health scare.
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