Emergency ignored in an alcoholic
Clinicians assume symptoms in a patient who regularly presents intoxicated are due to alcohol.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Which clinicians get sued, and why?
Clinicians are more likely to have been sued if they practice in obstetrics/gynecology, surgery, or orthopedics.
Florida attorney general defends state’s medical malpractice limits
The attorney general of Florida has filed a brief defending the state’s current monetary cap on medical malpractice awards.
Hospital-acquired conditions have decreased since Affordable Care Act implemented
Since the start of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, patient deaths due to hospital-acquired infections have dropped by almost 90,000.
Complaints not taken seriously
A clinician misdiagnoses thyroid cancer as acid reflux in a patient who often comes to the clinic.
Autopsy as medical procedure
After an inconclusive autopsy, a hospital refuses to return a deceased patient’s heart to his widow.
Insurer practices are subject of $10M malpractice suit
After their daughter died from a brain injury, her parents are suing their health insurance company for breaching fiduciary duties.
Mitigating malpractice risk through defensive medicine
So-called “defensive medicine” accounts for extra, perhaps unnecessary, healthcare costsS
Wisconsin medical malpractice law change urged
Senators and residents of Wisconsin are lobbying to change the state’s malpractice laws.
Minnesota auto mechanic awarded $9.1M after anesthesiologists are found liable
A Minnesota man was awarded $9.1M after anesthesiologists interrupted his treatment for dehydration, resulting in paralysis.
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