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News From Medscape’s Medical Malpractice Report 2019

November 23, 2019

For Medscape’s Malpractice Report 2019, 4,360 physicians (68% were men; 57% were age 55 and over) in 29 medical specialities were surveyed with regard to whether they had been sued for medical malpractice and how their experiences affected how they treat their patients. The survey was conducte[...]

Time Magazine Reports Medical Malpractice Still Harms 40% Of Patients

November 20, 2019

An article appearing in Time magazine in its November 25, 2019 print addition reports, “Globally, medical errors harm as many as 40% of patients in primary and outpatient care.” The Time article states the global annual cost of medication-related errors is $42 billion, and that one milli[...]

Study: Electronic Health Records (EHR) Contributing More To Medical Malpractice Claims

September 15, 2019

A recently conducted analysis undertaken by The Doctors Company, the largest medical malpractice insurance company owned by physicians, reported: “This type of EHR-related medical malpractice suit is becoming more common. For eight years, claims in which the use of EHRs contributed to patient [...]

Study Finds Vascular Events, Infections, And Cancers Account For 75% Of Serious Misdiagnosis-Related Harms Alleged In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 27, 2019

A study published online on July 11, 2019 in the medical journal Diagnosis, the Official Journal of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM), found that vascular events, infections, and cancers account for about three-fourths of serious misdiagnosis-related harms (morbidity/mortality) in [...]

Report Discusses The Impact Of Medical Errors In Massachusetts

June 25, 2019

The Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety’s June 2019 report entitled “The Financial and Human Cost of Medical Error … and how Massachusetts can lead the way on patient safety” found “almost 62,000 medical errors [in Massachusetts], which were responsible for over $617[...]

U.S. Physicians With Multiple Medical Malpractice Claims Not Likely To Relocate But More Likely To Switch To Smaller Practice

April 7, 2019

An article published in The New England Journal of Medicine on March 28, 2019 entitled “Changes in Practice among Physicians with Malpractice Claims” concluded: “Physicians with multiple malpractice claims were no more likely to relocate geographically than those with no claims, bu[...]

Medical Malpractice Statistics In The United States

February 18, 2019

CRICO Strategies (“CRICO”), a division of The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions Incorporated, recently issued its report entitled Medical Malpractice in America: A 10-Year Assessment With Insights (“Report”). The 123,512 medical professional liabi[...]

How To Find A Medical Malpractice Lawyer

November 12, 2018

medicalmalpracticelawyers.com is the premier free website helping medical malpractice victims find medical malpractice lawyers in their U.S. state, since 2010. We have helped hundreds of people in the United States who have been harmed by medical negligence find medical malpractice lawyers to speak [...]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform Claims U.S. Tort System Cost $429B In 2016

November 7, 2018

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform, which describes itself as “the country’s most influential and successful advocate for civil justice reform, both in the U.S. and abroad,” issued a report on October 24, 2018 entitled “Costs and Compensation of the U[...]

Updated Medical Malpractice Statistics In The United States

June 29, 2018

On June 25, 2018, the Center for Justice & Democracy at New York Law School (“CJ&D”) released its 10th update to its MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: BY THE NUMBERS briefing book, which compiles the latest statistics and research on issues related to medical malpractice. According to CJ�[...]

Our 7th Anniversary Of Posting Daily Medical Malpractice Blogs

March 7, 2018

On March 5, 2018, medicalmalpracticelawyers.com celebrated its seventh anniversary of posting daily medical malpractice blogs. Each of our over 2,500 consecutive daily blog postings can be searched by word or phrase. medicalmalpracticelawyers.com states on its website: “Medical malpractice law[...]

Iowa Patient Safety Study Reports On Iowans’ Views On Medical Errors

January 16, 2018

The Heartland Health Research Institute published in December 2017 the results of its Iowa Patient Safety Study that consisted of approximately 115 questions asked of randomly-selected Iowans about their views and experiences while interacting with Iowa healthcare providers. The study, entitled R[...]

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