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Arkansas Medical Malpractice Physician Complaints And Disciplinary Actions

October 24, 2011

The Arkansas State Medical Board is responsible to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Arkansas with the goal that all citizens are provided with the highest quality health care. The Board is empowered to license and regulate the practice of medicine in Arkansas which includes [...]

New York Medical Malpractice Claims And Complaints

October 13, 2011

The New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct (“Board”) was created in 1976 to administer New York’s physician discipline program. The Board’s stated mission is to protect the public from medical negligence, incompetence and other kinds of professional misconduct.[...]

Has The Fear Of Medical Malpractice Claims Resulted In Fewer Medical School Applications In The U.S.?

September 27, 2011

If there is any truth to the anecdotal threats of doctors leaving their profession and closing their medical practices because of their fear of medical malpractice claims, is there any evidence that the fear of medical malpractice claims is affecting the number of applications received by U.S. med[...]

How Do Medical Malpractice Claims REALLY Affect Doctors?

September 20, 2011

Doctors are constantly complaining that the fear of medical malpractice claims has changed the way they practice medicine, has increased health care costs, and has caused doctors to flee the profession due to high medical malpractice insurance premiums and “frivolous lawsuits.” How have [...]

Medical Malpractice Claims In The United States – What Is The Reality?

September 18, 2011

An often-repeated statistic is that medical malpractice (preventable medical errors) in the United States causes approximately 98,000 deaths per year and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Despite these statistics, there are very few medical malpractice claims filed relative [...]

Statistics Regarding Neurosurgical Medical Malpractice Claims

September 7, 2011

In a recent review of data from a large national medical malpractice insurance company regarding closed neurosurgical medical malpractice claims made between January 1, 2004 and June 30, 2009, the researchers randomly selected and reviewed 90 cases. The plaintiffs in the 90 cases reviewed involved 5[...]

Maryland’s Experience With Medical Malpractice “Tort Reform”

August 17, 2011

A recent case decided by the Court of Appeals of Maryland (the highest state appellate court in Maryland) reviewed the path that Maryland has taken with regard to medical malpractice “tort reform.” The Court of Appeals reviewed the history of the law of medical malpractice in Marylan[...]

150th Consecutive Daily Blog (And Counting)

August 1, 2011

Today’s blog represents the 150th consecutive daily entry appearing in this blog. Over 500 hours have been devoted to researching and writing the blogs that have appeared here. We have addressed the official statistics regarding medical malpractice claims in the U.S. (March 5) as well as i[...]

Texas Continues To Injure The Injured

July 29, 2011

Texas Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Legislation That Passed In 2003 In 2003, Texas passed one of the most restrictive medical malpractice reform laws that limited the amount that victims could recover from any one negligent health care provider to $250,000.00. Texas tort reform advocates argued [...]

Tort Reformers Want YOU To Pay For Medical Mistakes

July 24, 2011

Those who advocate for so-called “tort reform” want to limit the amount of legitimate past, present, and future medical expenses that can be recovered from negligent medical providers. They do so by arguing that there needs to be “caps”(maximum amounts) that people can reco[...]

Medical Malpractice Negligence

July 16, 2011

Most doctors are competent and provide appropriate medical care most of the time. However, even highly competent doctors may make a medical mistake once in awhile. While many medical mistakes may not cause injuries or result in death to patients (some patients may not even know that a medical mistak[...]

Why Does Your Government Require You To Pay For Someone Else’s Medical Mistakes?

July 13, 2011

Yes, that’s right. Many state governments now require that you pay for the costs of medical malpractice mistakes that happen to other people. Let us explain. Not long ago it used to be that most states in the United States had laws that made sure that all people remained on a level playing f[...]

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