Successful lawsuit for intraoperative awareness
Woman who felt surgeons 'rip her apart' wins Canada's first malpractice ruling over waking during operation
The full legal proceedings are here: CanLII - 2017 ONSC 2845 (CanLII)
I was wondering what your usual practice is and if you even worry about...
Successful lawsuit for intraoperative awareness (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 24, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: jope Source Type: forums
Employment Question
Hi i am an anesthesiology attending that is licensed in a few states. i graduated from my residency in 2011. I am not board certified due to circumstances involving family issues including a newborn in the NICU and caring for a dependent terminally ill parent. My board eligibility is expiring this year. I plan to regain board eligibility by taking the BASIC. I want to continue working clinically as an anesthesiologist. Are there job opportunities and malpractice insurance coverage...
Employment Question (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 18, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: doctorwavy Source Type: forums
PA's "Error" results in $4 million verdict against the doc who signed chart
Note: This is from May issue of Medical Malpractice Insights
(see link for full-story)
"Error" results in $11.8 million verdict, $4 million against the doc who signed the
PA's chart
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**Hernandez v Morton Plant Hospital et al. – Florida**
**Facts** : A 17 yo male goes to the ED with pain around his R eye. A PA diagnoses
and treats conjunctivitis. The...
PA's "Error" results in $4 million verdict against the doc who signed chart (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 5, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Lev0phed Source Type: forums
Malpractice BEFORE med school?
This is something I was always curious about, but with an increase in non-traditional students, more applicants may work in the health field as a nurse, paramedic..etc. This may pose more risk to legal troubles for these applicants if let's say a paramedic is sued by a patient. Has anyone heard or know anyone who had to deal with liability before med school and did it effect that applicants chance of gaining admission? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 23, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: pillowsnice Source Type: forums
malpractice insurance in texas
Hey everyone,
I'm moving to texas in a few months and the group I am with wants to charge me either $25/hr for basically occurrence based malpractice (claims + lifetime tail). They told me that I could also get my own insurance as well. If I planned to work 12 12's (annual total hours 1728), that would put my cost at $43k basically.
I feel like thats too much. Do any of you guys purchase your own insurance and then when you stop, just basically buy the lifetime tail? Someone told me it was...
malpractice insurance in texas (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 11, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Pudortu Source Type: forums
Independent Contractor Practice...
Any thoughts, or experience, with an independent contractor model of practice within a hospital system? I've been offered a position within a hospital to set up a pain program using their space, staff and equipment, but I remain private practice and I only bill professional fees.
Overhead would be malpractice, health insurance, and my own biller. Seems like a fairly low overhead way of developing a practice, vs. totally solo-office based?
Any experiences, pros, cons?
Thank you! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 26, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: MedZeppelin Source Type: forums
Writing "Malingering" in the chart
Thoughts on this from the medical malpractice insights newsletter?
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"Malingering" or a spinal epidural abscess?
Facts: Immediately after "bucking hay bales," a 34 yo male experiences pain in his neck radiating to his L shoulder. A week later he is worse and presents to the ED with 7/10 pain that is worse with movement and associated with...
Writing "Malingering" in the chart (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 1, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: cbrons Source Type: forums
Private practice salary offer...is it fair?
I recently was offered an associate position from a solo practitioner in a local suburb far from the city. The base salary is $70,000, with bonus of 10% after making 3x base. This practitioner will pay for CME, malpractice, professional membership fees. No health insurance. 2 weeks sick/vacay. Practice is very busy, practitioner averages ~45 pts/day and there are nearby hospitals with very few podiatrists taking call, thus growth potential can be very fast and high. There's also option to...
Private practice salary offer...is it fair? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 29, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: jdm95ls2000 Source Type: forums
This sounds like a great job
OUTSIDE OF KANSAS CITY
One anesthesiologist needed - will consider perm candidate
February 6th - ongoing
No call
Cases: General, Ortho, GI, Neuro (spines and Bariatric)
100 cases per month
**CRNAs do the cases; MDA is there per hospital requirements**
Credentialing time is less than 30 days
Who needs Sudoko when you can be reading novels in the lounge and watching The Price is Right. I wonder what the malpractice premium is for just being the fall guy?
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Il Destriero (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 13, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: IlDestriero Source Type: forums
Working In Canada after training in US
I am finishing an Endocrinology Fellowship in US and considering moving to Canada (Toronto) for a job. I have done my med schooling outside North America.
The minimal salary I am being offered (pre tax) is 230K with no weekend calls.
I am getting offers in the same range in US. I have no family ties to US/Canada.
Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of moving to Canada. How does working in Canada differ from in US especially malpractice, money and future growth wise? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 10, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: swederoxette Source Type: forums
NP, PA, MD, or DO?
My fiancée wants to go into obstetrics, but we're have issues determining what the best path to that may be. I was wondering if people could speak to the differences between the actual practice of NPs, PAs, and MDs/DOs in the field. We would also love any help in the cost/benefit analysis in terms of debt, salary, malpractice, etc, and years to completion and so forth. There's a lot of differing information on the web, and we're just not sure where to start. Thank you!!! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 2, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: neuroguy91 Source Type: forums
Job eval
Small-mid size Midwest city,
Hospital employed position, own cases/no supervision,
Eat-what-you-kill paying at a blended rate just under $30/unit 1st yr, just over $30 after
W-2 position, w/health/malpractice, tail coverage
Call 1:4 (about 50:50 home vs in-house), extra pay for in-house call amounting to ~25k/yr.
Av of 1200-1500 units/month per provider.
5% retirement (not sure if this is a 401k match or true retirement) with a 5 yr vesting.
Free to take vaca as you please, but it is...
Job eval (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 12, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Pharmado Source Type: forums
Malpractice Insurance help (New Graduate)
Hi guys,
Long time no see. So finished residency and starting to sign up with different hospitals to try out different practice environments so the whole Malpractice Insurance thing scares me. Here is a sample portion copy of a contract for insurance that I got from a company I would really like to work for but I am worried that it has no tail coverage. I cannot tell from the legalese and was hoping you guys could help me understand it. Thanks in advance. (I changed the hospitals name to...
Malpractice Insurance help (New Graduate) (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 8, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: bad virus Source Type: forums
2.5million malpractice award story
I read the story linked below and was curious as to your guys take on it. Is the patient partially responsible since she didn't proceed to her appointment in the morning following her trip to the ED? Is a 2.5 million award justifiable?
http://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article82950257.html#fmp (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - June 11, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Warderino92 Source Type: forums
Seak
http://store.seak.com/upcoming-seminars/
Has anyone gone to a SEAK conference or purchased a DVD? The one coming up on being an expert witness for malpractice sounds good as they will talk about things relevant to staying out of trouble and also being hired as a witness. Since I am only 3 years out of fellowship I'm not about to do this, but the other SEAK educational information looks interesting like the expert witness stuff.
Anyone with information (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - June 1, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: SpineBound Source Type: forums
