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Survey Finds Tort Reforms Lead To Less Jury Trials; Jury Trials Still Preferred Over Arbitration

January 27, 2021

An article appearing on December 11, 2020 in the Louisiana Law Review entitled “Reasons for the Disappearing Jury Trial: Perspective from Attorneys and Judges” that reported on a survey of 1,460 attorneys and judges (173 judges (70% state and 30% federal) and 1,282 attorneys (63% who han[...]

1.8% Of Doctors Responsible For More Than Half Of Medical Malpractice Payouts In The U.S.

January 24, 2021

CBS News recently reported that “1.8 percent of doctors are responsible for more than half of all malpractice payouts. Of that small group, “Only 1 in 7 have had action taken against them by any state [medical board].”” Source That calculation was performed by Robert E. Oshel[...]

GAO Report Highly Critical Of Trump Administration’s Response To COVID-19 Pandemic

December 3, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress appropriated $2.6 trillion in emergency assistance for people, businesses, the health care system, and state and local governments. The U. S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is examining many aspects of the federal response and is the source for [...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Intraoperative Neuromonitoring For Spinal Surgery

November 25, 2020

A research article entitled “Damned if you monitor, damned if you don’t: medical malpractice and intraoperative neuromonitoring for spinal surgery” published online in the Journal of Neurosurgery in November 2020 concluded: “The use and interpretation of intraoperative neurom[...]

Surgery Medical Malpractice Statistics For 2010 Through 2019

November 11, 2020

Coverys, “a nationally recognized medical professional liability insurer and a leader in helping the medical community address the challenges of healthcare delivery in today’s rapidly changing landscape,” published a report in October 2020 entitled “A Call For Action: Insights Fr[...]

All 62 Residents Of Kansas Nursing Home Contracted COVID-19 — 10 Died

October 22, 2020

All 62 residents of a Norton, Kansas nursing home contracted COVID-19. Ten residents died. One remains hospitalized. The remaining 51 continued to be cared for at the nursing home. Some of the nursing home’s staff tested positive for COVID-19. The rest of the staff were being tested. Source As[...]

For Patient Safety Sake, Get Rid Of Doctors With Multiple Paid Medical Malpractice Claims!

August 28, 2020

“Physicians with poor malpractice liability records may pose a risk to patient safety … [a] small group of physicians accounts for a disproportionately large share of all malpractice claims and patient complaints. This maldistribution has long been evident, but studies in the past severa[...]

Medical Malpractice Statistics For Retinal Surgery

July 20, 2020

In an article posted on June 8, 2020 entitled “Malpractice Litigation in Vitreoretinal Surgery and Medical Retina” that was designed to report and analyze the causes and outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery and medical retina malpractice litigation concluded: “The complexity of treati[...]

Study Finds Medical Malpractice Claims Against Pediatricians Are Decreasing

June 29, 2020

A study entitled “Trends in Pediatric Malpractice Claims 1987–2015: Results From the Periodic Survey of Fellows” published in March 2020 in the journal Pediatrics found: “From 1987 to 2015, the proportion of pediatricians sued has decreased and median indemnity has remained uncha[...]

CMS Provides Nursing Home COVID-19 Data And Inspections Results

June 15, 2020

On June 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the first set of underlying coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) nursing home data. CMS stated: “The data released today shows that as of May 31, 2020, about 13,600 nursing homes – approximately 88 percent of the [...]

Study Highlights Need For “Investment In And Exploration Of New Approaches To Fetal Surveillance In Labor”

June 10, 2020

A study published on February 19, 2020 in JAMA Network was designed “To investigate whether experienced clinicians can detect and respond to abnormal readings from CTGs [cardiotocography] during the penultimate hour before birth in infants with moderate to severe NE [neonatal encephalopathy] b[...]

U.S. Medical Malpractice Statistics

May 20, 2020

According to the American Medical Association (AMA), 34% of all physicians in the United States have been sued for medical malpractice during their medical careers. Almost half of U.S. physicians who are 55 and older have been sued for medical malpractice, and nearly 30% have been sued two or more t[...]

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