A physician ’s medical malpractice story: an introduction
An excerpt from Med Mal. The attorney for the plaintiff leaned forward, rocking precariously at the edge of his chair while I studied him. Comfortable in my leather armchair on the other side of the table I kept up my observation, somewhat amused although mostly unimpressed, as he betrayed his anxiety over and over again […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/matthew-brackman" rel="tag" > Matthew Brackman, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Malpractice Surgery Source Type: blogs
India ’s Mob Problem
By SAURABH JHA, MD
Recently, my niece gingerly
confided that she was going to study engineering rather than medicine. I was
certain she’d become a doctor – so deep was her love for biology and her
deference to our family tradition. But she calculated, as would anyone with
common sense, that with an engineering degree and an MBA, she’d be working for
a multinational company making a comfortable income by twenty-eight. If she
stuck with tradition and altruism, as a doctor she’d still be untrained and
preparing for examinations at twenty-eight.
Despite the truism in India that
doctors are the only professionals...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Physicians RogueRad @roguerad India medical malpractice mobs Saurabh Jha Source Type: blogs
Informed Consent – Signatures & Forms Do Not Matter
Carl Bank and Teresa M. Bank sued Dr. Jason J. Mickels and the Omaha Orthopedic Clinic & Sports Medicine, P.C.in Douglas County, Nebraska for medical malpractice and loss of consortium. Their complaint alleged that Dr. Mickels breached the standard of care because, among other things, he failed to obtain informed consent before performing an injection and manipulation procedure on Carl’s shoulder.
The jury issued a defense verdict. Carl and Teresa appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in its jury instructions, because there was no written informed consent for the injection and manipulation procedure....
Source: blog.bioethics.net - June 29, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Minnesota Supreme Court Ruling on Malpractice Causes Stir in Medical Community
This article quotes me on some of the implications of Warren v. Dinter on curbside consults and independent medical examiners.
Last month, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that a treatment relationship is not a prerequisite for imposing medical malpractice liability.
I explore lessons from the case in more detail in a forthcoming article in The ASCO Post: "Curbside Consults: New Liability Risks to Avoid When You Are Not the Patient’s Physician." (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - May 28, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Avoiding medicine ’s Boeing 737 Max
I ’m sitting on a cross-country flight to California with utmost respect for the professionalism of the crew, especially considering my life will be in their hands for the next 6 hours. Despite understanding the physics, I am still amazed by flight, and even more so by the coordination required to m anage the logistics of shuttling […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 20, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/marc-braunstein" rel="tag" > Marc Braunstein, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Malpractice Source Type: blogs
How a Minnesota Supreme Court decision could affect curbside consults
“In a case that could have wide-reaching implications for medical practice in Minnesota, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued a ruling on April 17 in the case of Warren v. Dinter holding that the existence of a physician-patient relationship is not a prerequisite for a medical malpractice action. Rather, a person may sue a physician for malpractice – […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 16, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/christopher-johnson" rel="tag" > Christopher Johnson, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Malpractice Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Surgical Coaching as a New Option; Will Busy Surgeons Respond?
All practicing physicians are challenged by the fact that healthcare is constantly changing because of new scientific and therapeutic advances. Additional burdens in the U.S. are the complex bureaucracy and reimbursement requirements as well as technical challenges such as those associated with EHRs (see:Relationship Between Clerical Burden and Characteristics of the Electronic Environment With Physician Burnout and Professional Satisfaction). Surgeons, in particular, face additional burdens as they age because of the manual dexterity that is required in the operating room. I was not familiar with coaching programs for sur...
Source: Lab Soft News - April 27, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Electronic Health Record (EHR) Healthcare Innovations Medical Education Medicolegal Issues Source Type: blogs
What ’s Wrong with a Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm?
It was unethical for a fertility doctor to use his own sperm to inseminate patients without their consent. But what are the legal harms to the women? To their children?
The post What’s Wrong with a Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm? appeared first on The Hastings Center. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 19, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Susan Gilbert Tags: Ethics Health Care Children and Families Donald Cline fertility medicine Hastings Bioethics Forum Human Reproduction malpractice sperm donation syndicated Source Type: blogs
3 tips from an attorney to avoid a medical malpractice lawsuit
Twenty years of defending doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice cases has made me into a nervous patient. When you see the worst, you look for it. At least I do. That ’s why when I was scheduled for a minor elective procedure, I was nervous. I set aside the day, canceling all of my depositions […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 27, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/heather-hansen" rel="tag" > Heather Hansen, JD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Malpractice Practice Management Source Type: blogs
2019 Health Law Professors Conference
Conclusion (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - March 27, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
The Most Pressing Issues In Bioethics
Who owns medical and genetic data? How to regulate gene editing? Where is the boundary of enhancing physical or cognitive human capabilities? What to do with biological differences widening the gap of the haves and have-nots? Could we define where is the boundary to augment life? Will we sue robots or algorithms for medical malpractice? With the constant advancement of technology, unprecedented moral, ethical and legal concerns are surfacing. Channeling them into substantial debates will get us closer to their fair solution step by step. Here, we collected the most pressing issues in bioethics.
Bioethicists
of the world...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 26, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Cyborgization Genomics bioethical data debate DNA future gene editing genetic genetics Innovation legal longevity medical medical data moral sex sexuality technology Source Type: blogs
Thanking, Apologizing, Bragging and Blaming: The Power of Words to Transfer Responsibility
In American culture, thanking and apologizing are essential to positive, reciprocal social interaction, while blaming and bragging are seen as negative, undesirable aspects of social interaction.
In a novel piece of research, Shereen J. Chaudhry and George Loewenstein identified why some people struggle with a sincere apology (I’m sorry). They start with the premise that thanking and apologizing imply that the speaker is warm, caring, and generous. Nonetheless, they found that a significant number of people believe that saying “I’m sorry” has the hidden cost of making one seem incompetent or weak. Thus, in order t...
Source: World of Psychology - March 24, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David O. Saenz, PhD, EdM, LLC Tags: Anger Communication Habits Research Apologizing blaming bragging Nonverbal communication thanking Source Type: blogs
This Is A Major Article On The Failure Of EHRs In The US - Republished With Permission - An Important Read.
Death By 1,000 Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went WrongFred Schulte, Kaiser Health News and Erika Fry, Fortune
The pain radiated from the top of Annette Monachelli ’s head, and it got worse when she changed positions. It didn’t feel like her usual migraine. The 47-year-old Vermont attorney turned innkeeper visited her local doctor at the Stowe Family Practice twice about the problem in late November 2012, but got little relief.
Two months later, Monachelli was dead of a brain aneurysm, a condition that, despite the symptoms and the appointments, had never been tested for or diagnosed until she turned up in t...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 19, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
