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Surgeon Characteristics Affecting Medical Malpractice Claim Rates

February 5, 2013

In a study from 1997, the researchers reported on the differences in characteristics among surgeons in the United States who had no medical malpractice claims filed against them, low rates of medical malpractice claims, and high medical malpractice claim rates. The study involved the malpractice c[...]

4 Myths Regarding Medical Malpractice Litigation In U.S. State Courts

February 1, 2013

Myth: State Courts Are Flooded With Medical Malpractice Cases Research into medical malpractice lawsuits filed in U.S. state courts in 2008 for 12 U.S. states found that medical malpractice cases represented less than 2% of all civil cases filed. In only two states, New York and New Jersey, we[...]

5 Common Hospital Medical Malpractice Claim Allegations

January 29, 2013

What are five of the most common hospital medical malpractice claim allegations, based on research of jury verdicts and medical malpractice insurance claims data? 1. Medication Errors Hospital medication errors include patients being given the wrong medication, patients being given the wrong d[...]

Johnson & Johnson’s Own Analysis: Nearly 40% Of Its A.S.R. Hip Implants To Fail Within Five Years

January 25, 2013

Documents provided by the giant medical products company Johnson & Johnson in a court case in which the trial is scheduled to begin on January 25, 2013 in Los Angeles, California reportedly reveal that Johnson & Johnson anticipated that about 37% of its all-metal hip implants manufa[...]

Medical Malpractice Defense Expenses Rising Faster Than Settlement Amounts

January 9, 2013

Medical malpractice insurance companies are responsible to pay not only the amount of settlements reached in medical malpractice cases and the amount of judgments entered against their insureds, but also the expenses in defending the medical malpractice claims made against their insureds. The so-cal[...]

Nurse Practitioner Malpractice And Physician Assistant Malpractice Claims

January 6, 2013

There are 86,500 certified physician assistants (“PAs”) in the United States currently, which is a 100% increase from ten years ago. The number of nurse practitioners (“NPs”) has increased from 111,000 in 2003 to about 155,000 currently. PAs are allowed to prescribe medicat[...]

Physician Monitoring Programs Reduce Medical Malpractice Claims By 20%

January 4, 2013

When physicians suffer from alcohol abuse, drug dependency problems, or mental health issues, they are often referred to physician health programs (“PHPs”) that provide monitoring of their medical practices while they undergo necessary treatment, either voluntarily or involuntarily. [...]

New York City Medical Malpractice Claim Statistics For Fiscal Year 2011

January 1, 2013

On December 27, 2012, New York City’s Comptroller, John C. Lui, issued the official City of New York Office of the Comptroller Claims Report Fiscal Year 2011 concerning all claims against the City of New York for Fiscal Year 2011 that totalled $550.4 million in payments for settlements and ju[...]

CDC Study Shows Large Increase In Childbirth Complications

December 28, 2012

A recent study by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) found a 75% increase in emergencies during childbirth between 1998 and 2009, and that severe complications for women more than doubled in the days immediately following delivery during the same time period. There was found to[...]

Medical Malpractice And Surgical “Never Events”

December 24, 2012

A “never event” is a medical error that is “unacceptable and eminently preventable” and therefore should never occur. The term was first used by the National Quality Forum (NQF) in 2001 and resulted in a list of “never events” that are clearly identifiable and m[...]

Physician Opinions Regarding Medical Malpractice Tort Reform

December 5, 2012

The results of an online survey of the opinions of 1,548 physicians throughout the United States that was conducted between August 31, 2012 and October 31, 2012 regarding medical malpractice tort reform measures that was published on December 4, 2012 found that 75% of the respondents claimed that [...]

Health Trends Statistics For The United States (2011)

November 23, 2012

During the past 22 years ending in 2011, there was a 21.2% improvement in overall health in the United States. The most improvements were seen in the reduction of infant mortality, infectious disease, prevalence of smoking, cardiovascular deaths, and violent crime. Despite these improvements, the[...]

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