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Percutaneous Coronary And Peripheral Intervention Medical Malpractice Statistics

July 31, 2023

Percutaneous Coronary And Peripheral Intervention Statistics: A recent study of medical malpractice claims involving percutaneous coronary and peripheral intervention analyzed 89 such cases and found that procedural errors and complications were the most common allegations; vessel perforation was th[...]

Study Finds Nearly 800,000 Americans Are Permanently Disabled Or Die Annually From Misdiagnosis Of Disease

July 22, 2023

Nearly 800,000 Americans Are Permanently Disabled Or Die Annually From Misdiagnosis: A study entitled Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA published in the medical journal BMJ Quality & Safety in July 2023 reported: “An estimated 795 000 Americans become permanently d[...]

AMA Report On Medical Malpractice Statistics In The United States For 2020-2022

July 4, 2023

AMA Report On Medical Malpractice Statistics: Sixty five percent of medical malpractice claims that closed between 2016 and 2018 were dropped, dismissed or withdrawn, and out of the 6 percent of claims that were decided by a trial verdict, 89 percent were won by the defendant. After being similar in[...]

Physicians With One Paid Medical Malpractice Claim Are Four Times More Likely To Pay Future Medical Malpractice Claims

February 12, 2023

Physicians With 1 Paid Malpractice Claim Are 4 Times More Likely To Pay Future Claims: A study entitled “Association of Past and Future Paid Medical Malpractice Claims” published on February 10, 2023 in JAMA Health Forum found: “Physicians with even a single paid medical malpractic[...]

U.S. States With The Most, Least Medical Malpractice Claims

December 15, 2022

US States With The Most and Least Medical Malpractice Claims: NiceRx, which “assists eligible individuals to enroll in patient assistance programs to receive their brand name medication directly from the pharmaceutical company,” recently reported on its findings regarding which U.S. stat[...]

Medscape Malpractice Report 2021

January 9, 2022

The Medscape Malpractice Report 2021 was released on November 19, 2021. The researchers surveyed 4,358 doctors across 29 specialties online from May 21, 2021 through August 28, 2021 and found that overall, physicians in the United States experienced a decrease in medical malpractice suits during the[...]

The Truth About Medical Malpractice Verdicts

June 22, 2021

A new Cato Institute book, Medical Malpractice Litigation, written by six top medical malpractice researchers, examines data about, among other things, jury verdicts and insurance payouts. The authors found that the medical malpractice insurance industry campaigns that focused on jury verdicts are [...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

The Need For Medical Malpractice Tort Reform: Who Do You Believe?

January 25, 2020

An article entitled “The Falacies of Medical Malpractice “Tort Reform”” states, in part: “Organizations representing the state’s doctors and their insurers have been hard at work trying to convince the public that medical malpractice insurance premiums have escalated [...]

Medical Malpractice Payout Statistics For 2018

December 31, 2019

An analysis of medical malpractice payouts for 2018 from the data collected by the National Practitioner Data Bank found that total amount of medical malpractice payouts increased by 2.91% in 2018 ($4,031,987,700). The average medical malpractice payout in 2018 was $348,065. There were 11,584 medica[...]

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