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EHR-Related Medical Malpractice Claims Increasing

November 18, 2017

The Doctors Company, the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurance company in the United States, recently issued an updated study regarding it closed claims medical malpractice experience in which electronic health records (EHR) were involved. The Doctors Company stated, “we’ve s[...]

Medscape Medical Malpractice Report 2017 (Physicians Survey Results)

November 17, 2017

The “Medscape Malpractice Report 2017” that was made public on November 15, 2017 involved a ten-minute online survey of 4,137 physicians representing more than twenty five medical specialties who met the survey’s screening criteria and who completed the survey between August 25 and[...]

21% Of Americans Have Had Personal Experience With Medical Errors

November 3, 2017

The results of a survey that was released on September 28, 2017 found that 21% of adults in the United States report having personally experienced a medical error. The national survey conducted by the IHI/NPSF Lucian Leape Institute and NORC at the University of Chicago (“NORC”) found th[...]

Survey Of Physicians Finds They Believe Unnecessary Medical Care Driven By Medical Malpractice Concerns

September 10, 2017

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine surveyed physicians between January 22, 2014 and March 8, 2014, and on September 6, 2017 published their findings from the responses from 2,106 physicians. The researchers found that those physicians believe that unnecessary medical trea[...]

Saudi Arabia Medical Malpractice Complaints Rose By 37% In Five Years

July 3, 2017

A Saudi Arabian newspaper recently reported that the number of medical malpractice complaints filed in Saudi Arabia against medical practitioners by patients and their relatives increased by 37%, from 2,002 in 2011 to 3,178 in 2016. The Saudi Arabia legal health committees that handle medical malpra[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed for Prisoner’s Death

April 14, 2017

The adult daughter of a jail prisoner in Georgia has filed a Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the private company that was contracted to provide medical services to prisoners, for the death of her mother due to the alleged failure to provide timely and adequate medical ca[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Paid On Behalf Of U.S. Physicians Declined By 55.7%

March 30, 2017

A study published online on March 27, 2017 in the respected medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that medical malpractice claims paid on behalf of physicians in the United States fell by 55.7% from 1992 to 2014. However, the mean compensation amounts paid for physician medical malpractice cl[...]

U.S. Medical Malpractice Statistics: 2005 To 2015

December 25, 2016

The National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) has published medical malpractice statistics for the United States for the period from 2005 to 2015. During the ten-year period, when the population of the United States was 321,986,783, there were 148,909 medical malpractice payments and 409[...]

Two Recent Studies Show Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Have No Impact On Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums

December 5, 2016

Two studies published in late November 2016 by the Americans for Insurance Reform, a coalition of nearly 100 consumer and public interest groups representing more than 50 million people, concluded: “Severe rates hikes experienced by doctors during the three past insurance crises were not the r[...]

Study: Post-Acute Nursing Home Care More Important Than Hospital Care For Elderly Hip Fracture Patients

November 13, 2016

A new study published by Penn Medicine found that for elderly care patients in the United States who suffered hip fractures, the care provided in nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, and at-home care had a three to eight times greater impact on outcomes such as mobility and mortality than the h[...]

Study Regarding Pediatric Ophthalmology Medical Malpractice Claims

October 7, 2016

In a study published online on September 1, 2016 in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology, the authors undertook a study of pediatric ophthalmology medical malpractice claims and then compared them to adult ophthalmology medical malpractice claims to discern any differences. The stated objective of the st[...]

New Study Regarding Plastic Surgery Malpractice Claims

October 6, 2016

A study released on September 23, 2016 by The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurance company, analyzed 1,438 medical malpractice claims against plastic surgeons who were insured by The Doctors Company and which plastic surgery medical malpractice cl[...]

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