Strategies to help women advocate for themselves and avoid misdiagnosis
While everyone faces some risk of experiencing a delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis, some studies have found that the problem is more common for women. Women are 50 percent more likely than men to receive an incorrect diagnosis when they’re having a heart attack and nearly 30 percent more likely to receive an incorrect diagnosis for stroke.Read more …Strategies to help women advocate for themselves and avoid misdiagnosis originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 20, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/miles-j-varn" rel="tag" > Miles J. Varn, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Malpractice Source Type: blogs
Avoiding medical malpractice in the wake of the pandemic
Almost ten years ago, there was a knock at the door. My children and I were playing games as it was only a few days after Christmas. All of us answered the door, and there stood a sheriff with papers. He said those dreaded words,“you are served.” As I closed the door, I triedRead more …Avoiding medical malpractice in the wake of the pandemic originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 16, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/laura-fortner" rel="tag" > Laura Fortner, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Malpractice Source Type: blogs
Tackling trial delays, social inflation, and skeptical jurors in a pandemic world
More than one in three U.S. physicians will face a medical malpractice lawsuit in their careers. As the role of advanced practice clinicians such as nurse practitioners as primary caregivers continues to grow, so too will their exposure to medical malpractice litigation. Therefore, health care providers may benefit from staying versed in the following keyRead more …Tackling trial delays, social inflation, and skeptical jurors in a pandemic world originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/marco-spadacenta" rel="tag" > Marco Spadacenta, JD < /a > < /span > Tags: Policy Malpractice Source Type: blogs
Medical-legal consulting as a side gig [PODCAST]
“Medical-legal consulting is a great way to use your medical training in a non-clinical field that helps people. I started this field 14 years ago and have trained over 1,600 physicians to be medical-legal consultants. Most physicians do medical-legal consulting as a part-time side gig. All of the work is pre-litigation and pre-trial. I don ’tRead more …Medical-legal consulting as a side gig [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 16, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Malpractice Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Empathy and decreasing medical liability [PODCAST]
“Through empathy-based training, physicians and other health care providers learn the skills to have honest informed consent discussions without causing undo fear, while also preparing patients for all possible outcomes. Empathic skills make for better physicians, better communications, and better conversations for all outcomes. With a strong alliance, a reduction in medical professional liability claimsRead more …Empathy and decreasing medical liability [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 17, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Malpractice Source Type: blogs
Licensed to Kill? Contextualising Medical Misconduct, Malpractice and the Law in Ghana
Joel Zutah (Ankaful General Hospital), Elijah Tukwariba Yin (University of Cape Coast), Peter Atudiwe Atupare (University of Cape Coast), Francis Kofi Korankye-Sakyi (University of Cape Coast), Licensed to Kill? Contextualising Medical Misconduct, Malpractice and the Law in Ghana, U. Cape... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 15, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Arizona Republic Report Leaves Out Important Details and Context On Universal Licensing
Jeffrey A. SingerThe Arizona Republic recently published a report entitled, “Universal Licensing: Arizona opened the doors to less qualified workers ‐the public bears the risk. ” In its investigation of Arizona’suniversal licensing recognition law enacted in 2019 —a reform so successful and popular that it is being emulated by more than a third of other states—it mentioned irrelevant incidents and presented out‐of‐context data to malign this bold and enlightened reform.The article begins and ends with a heart‐wrenching story about a California‐licensed veterinarian who received a t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 3, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Medical-legal consulting as a side gig
Medical-legal consulting is a great way to use your medical training in a non-clinical field that helps people. I started this field 14 years ago and have trained over 1,600 physicians to be medical-legal consultants. Most physicians do medical-legal consulting as a part-time side gig. All of the work is pre-litigation and pre-trial. I don ’tRead more …Medical-legal consulting as a side gig originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 2, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/armin-feldman" rel="tag" > Armin Feldman, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Malpractice Source Type: blogs
Medical errors? Sorry, not sorry.
You know that feeling you get from an insincere apology? Your stomach flip-flops. Your heart pounds. You feel irritated, disgusted even. A vague dissonance nags at you. It’s the same disorienting feeling you get from an insult wrapped in a compliment. Or from realizing you’ve been scammed, and the perpetrator got away. That feeling. Non-apologyRead more …Medical errors? Sorry, not sorry. originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 2, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/iris-kulbatski" rel="tag" > Iris Kulbatski, PhD < /a > < /span > Tags: Patient Malpractice Source Type: blogs
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Strategic Settlements in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Hidenori Takahashi (Osaka University), Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Strategic Settlements in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, SSRN (2021): Delayed justice jeopardizes the function of a just and fair system, disturbing the balance of bargaining powers among litigants in negotiating settlement agreements.... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 1, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
How telemedicine ruined a physician ’s career
Doing side gigs is in vogue now. I want to tell you my story. It has to do with how one of the leading telemedicine companies ruined my career. I hope that my story will help many of you navigate this tough economy, especially those who are coming out of residency. I started working asRead more …How telemedicine ruined a physician’s career originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 29, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anonymous" rel="tag" > Anonymous < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Malpractice Mobile health Source Type: blogs
Cato Files Brief in Major Supreme Court Case About Opioid Prescriptions: When Are Doctors Drug Dealers?
Trevor BurrusDr. Xiulu Ruan practiced medicine as a board‐certified pain specialist in Mobile, Alabama. His practice served almost 8,000 patients and employed 57 people. In 2016, he was indicted for unlawfully distributing controlled substances (opioids) and many related criminal charges. At his trial, the government argued that some of Dr. Ru an’s prescriptions fell “outside the usual course of treatment” and called numerous experts to testify to that claim. Dr. Ruan countered with his own experts who testified that his prescriptions were medically valid.A jury convicted Dr. Ruan based on jury instructions th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 28, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Trevor Burrus Source Type: blogs
Medical Malpractice Issues for Telehealth and Technology
If you think back 10-15 years, the health system of today is quite different than the one we knew then. There’s been an explosion of technology implemented in healthcare. Plus, thanks to COVID, telehealth has exploded too. As is usually, the case, the laws around these technologies haven’t really kept up with the pace of […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 22, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Clinical Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring EHR Medical Malpractice Healthcare Harm Stephan Landsman Telehealth Medical Malpractice Source Type: blogs
Government response to the independent inquiry report into the issues raised by former surgeon Ian Paterson
Department of Health and Social Care -The report of the independent inquiry that was set up following the conviction of surgeon Ian Paterson was published in February 2020. It reviewed the circumstances surrounding Ian Paterson ’s malpractice and considered other past and current practices in the NHS and the independent sector. This publication sets out the government’s response to the 15 recommendations made in the inquiry report.Policy paperPaterson inquiry reportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 16, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
The Eisenhower Principle
By KIM BELLARD
I’ve finally come to understand why the U.S. healthcare system continues to be such a mess, and I have President Dwight Eisenhower to thank.
I’ve been paying close attention to our healthcare system for, I hate to admit, over forty years now. It has been a source of constant frustration and amazement that – year after year, crisis after crisis – our healthcare system doesn’t get “fixed.” Yes, we make some improvements, like ACA, but mostly it continues to muddle along.
Then I learned about President Eisenhower’s approach to problems:
That’s it! All these smart people, all ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health eisenhower Health Care Reform Health infrastructure Healthcare cost healthcare costs Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs
