As Doctor Burnout Climbs, Can We Save Primary Care?
By RONALD DIXON Week after week, I hear from colleagues in diverse specialties about how exhausted they are from practicing medicine. It’s no surprise that they are looking for careers outside of medicine. The demands and strain are unsustainable. So it’s also no surprise that a recent survey showed 40% of primary care clinicians are worried that their field won’t exist in five years and that 21% expect to leave primary care in three years as a result of COVID-19-related burnout.  While COVID-19 is the tipping point, this burnout is the result of the relentless and mounting administrative burden ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 10, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Physicians Primary Care Burnout physician burnout Ronald Dixon Source Type: blogs

Your best defense? Don ’t play by the rules in a medical malpractice case.
Unfortunate outcomes are inevitable even when practicing quality medicine. Most are random events, but some are medical errors. The majority of physicians have been sued and those, who have not, will be. Common to all defendants is that the lawsuit is totally fallacious. To be fallacious, the outcome of a medical intervention must be anRead more …Your best defense? Don ’t play by the rules in a medical malpractice case. originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 4, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/howard-smith" rel="tag" > Howard Smith, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Malpractice Source Type: blogs

Health Care, Meet Gall ’ s Law
By KIM BELLARD I can’t believe I’ve gone this long without knowing about Gall’s Law (thanks to @niquola for tweeting it!).  For those of you similarly unaware, John Gall was a pediatrician who, seemingly in his spare time, wrote Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail in 1975.  His “law,” contained therein, is: Have you ever heard of anything that applied so perfectly to our healthcare system?  As anyone who has been reading my prior articles may know, I’m a big believer in simple.  I’ve advocated that healthcare’s billing and paperwork should be much simpler, th...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Gall's Law Health Care Reform Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs

A physician takes action against an expert witness [PODCAST]
“I bring this to your attention because, in 1971, I took an oath to impart precept, oral instruction, and all other instruction to all indentured pupils who have taken the Healer ’s Oath. Having done so, if it strikes you that, during the aforementioned trial, an opportunity was missed, only to be rectified by the CourtRead more …A physician takes action against an expert witness [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 30, 2021 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

The Conservative Case against Qualified Immunity
Clark NeilyCongressional Republicans have taken some puzzling positions over the past few years, one of which is their near-uniform opposition to reforming qualified immunity, a judge-made doctrine thatroutinely shields rights-violating police and other government officials from accountability for their misconduct. Notwithstanding Republicans ' partial policy makeover, their embrace of qualified immunity is a particularly odd stance for proponents of an ostensibly conservative ideology that espouses personal responsibility, limited government, and the proposition that judges shouldapply the law rather than making it up the...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 25, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Clark Neily Source Type: blogs

How Much Do Federal Liberals, NDP, Conservatives And Greens Care About ADHD?
There will likely be a Canadian federal election called tomorrow. I’m a political science major whose hobby is politics. I had to get a separate politics twitter account @pqpolitics because I was putting so much politics on my ADHD twitter account @petequily. So being the curious type, I did site search in Google for ADHD on each of the websites of Canada’s 4 main federal parties, Liberals, NDP, Conservatives and Greens to see how often they mentioned the word ADHD in their websites. Anyone can do #PretendingToCare about Mental Health, but what matters is policy. What are their actual policies on the biggest ment...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - August 15, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Politics ADHD related Source Type: blogs

Rethinking tort reform in the wake of the pandemic
We had a bit of a reprieve, but now it ’s over. The chorus of pots and pans that applauded our efforts during the height of the pandemic have long since faded into silence. The brassware has been put back in the cupboard, and the chest-thumping of the American malpractice gorilla has come back into focus,Read more …Rethinking tort reform in the wake of the pandemic originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/eric-dessner" rel="tag" > Eric Dessner, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Malpractice Source Type: blogs

On the Cusp of the Next Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis
Philip G. Peters Jr. (University of Missouri), On the Cusp of the Next Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-07: Medical malpractice claims are dwindling. Total payouts are far lower than... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 27, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

Properly Limiting the Lost Chance Doctrine in Medical Malpractice Cases: A Practitioners ’ Rejoinder
Michael C. Mims, Richard Crisler, Properly Limiting the Lost Chance Doctrine in Medical Malpractice Cases: A Practitioners ’ Rejoinder, 81 La. L. Rev. (2021): In this rejoinder, written from the perspective of two defense practitioners, the authors respond to recent calls... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 27, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

A counterintuitive strategy when you are sued for medical malpractice
Most physicians have been defendants in lawsuits. Plaintiff experts almost always have a feeding frenzy. In truth, expert witnesses are held to codes of conduct about remaining objective and avoiding partisanship or advocacy.   Yet, should the verdict favor defendants, these experts, except for deserving the term “hired guns,” are rarely, if ever, held accountable for theirRead more …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 - July 8, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/howard-smith" rel="tag" > Howard Smith, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Malpractice Source Type: blogs

Go Ahead, AI —Surprise Us
By KIM BELLARD Last week I was on a fun podcast with a bunch of people who were, as usual, smarter than me, and, in particular, more knowledgeable about one of my favorite topics – artificial intelligence (A.I.), particularly for healthcare.  With the WHO releasing its “first global report” on A.I. — Ethics & Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health – and with no shortage of other experts weighing in recently, it seemed like a good time to revisit the topic.  My prediction: it’s not going to work out quite like we expect, and it probably shouldn’t.  “Like all new te...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech AI Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs

Malpractice claims from the COVID-19 pandemic [PODCAST]
“We won ’t know until 2022 or later whether there will be an increase in claims related to the pandemic. When a medical error occurs, it’s not like an automobile accident. Everybody nearby knows when there’s been an automobile accident because they hear screeching tires, a loud crash, and then sirens. But when a medical errorRead more …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 - June 22, 2021 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

The VA Admits It Failed to Protect Veterans from Deadly Doc
Michael F. CannonTwo days after Memorial Day, the Department of Veterans Affairs issued a report admitting that for years one of its own doctors — Robert Morris Levy — misdiagnosed patients, falsified pathology reports, repeatedly reported to work intoxicated, and defeated substance‐​abuse screens. TheWashington Postreports:When a team of outside pathologists reviewed almost 34,000 cases Levy had diagnosed since his hiring, they found that more than 3,000 had errors, 589 of them major mistakes that caused medical harm to veterans. At least 15 died.The VA admitted its quality controls were wholly inadequat...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 3, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs

This doctor has post-litigation stress disorder
I am sure that I have post-litigation stress disorder. It does not actually exist yet as a recognized disorder, but I definitely have it. You know what else? Countless other physicians have it too. We don’t talk about it. Besides the fact that lawyers forbid you to speak of ongoing litigation to anyone, especially colleagues, […]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 10, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/maryanna-barrett" rel="tag" > Maryanna Barrett, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Malpractice Source Type: blogs

Let's Talk About Hospitals And Rural Healthcare (Particularly Mother-Baby Care): My Letter To The NC Government Commission/NC State Treasurer In Support Of Randolph County's Application For A Loan To Save Randolph Health
Author ' s Note:  The lawyers have a saying, " Res Ipsa Loquitur " " .  Translated from Latin, it means, " The thing speaks for itself " .  This is the text of the letter I sent to theNC Local Government Commission (embellished with a few links and additional comments in red) . . .in support of the state of North Carolina granting a loan to Randolph County (via the NC Rural Healthcare Stabilization Act) . . . for purposes of assisting in the " rescue " of Asheboro ' s Randolph Health - in a bankruptcy Court-approved buy-out of Randolph ' s assets by American Healthcare Systems, LLC.On May 4th, afte...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - May 7, 2021 Category: American Health Tags: Asheboro Atrium Health Bankruptcy Cone Health Duke Lifepoint LGC Medical Whistle-blower Mother-Baby Care NC Rural Heatlh NCDHHS Non-profit Randolph Health UNC Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: blogs