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Methodology Of Recent Medical Malpractice Study Questioned

February 2, 2016

We discussed in our January 28, 2016 blog posting that a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine on January 28, 2016 reported that 1% of physicians were responsible for 32% of the paid medical malpractice claims in the United States over the ten-year period that was analyzed by the [...]

New Study: 1% Of Physicians Are Responsible for 32% Of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims

January 28, 2016

A study published in today’s The New England Journal of Medicine reported that 1% of physicians were responsible for 32% of the paid medical malpractice claims in the United States over the ten-year period that was analyzed by the researchers. The authors’ reason for undertaking their a[...]

Study Finds Greater Medical Spending Results In Fewer Medical Malpractice Claims

November 24, 2015

A study published on October 5, 2015 in BMJ that sought to investigate whether a higher use of resources by physicians is associated with a reduced risk of medical malpractice claims concluded that “[o]ur findings suggest that greater resource use, whether it reflects defensive medicine or n[...]

New Study Of Diagnostic Errors Found That They Are Persistent And Cause Patient Harm

September 23, 2015

In a study published on September 22, 2015 by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine entitled, Improving Diagnosis In Health Care, the study’s authors concluded that diagnostic errors (inadequate or delayed diagnoses) “persist throughout all settings of care and [...]

Medical Malpractice Liability Trends In The United States

November 5, 2014

In a “special communication” published on October 30, 2014 in the online edition of The Journal of the American Medical Association, the authors reviewed recent trends in medical liability claims and costs in the United States that showed a “sharp reduction” in the rate of p[...]

Medical Malpractice Payments In The U.S. Were At Continuing Record Low For 2013

October 29, 2014

Earlier this month, Public Citizen, the well-respected national non-profit organization that represents consumer interests with more than 300,000 members and supporters, issued its report entitled, “Medical Malpractice Payments Remained At Historic Low In 2013 Despite Slight Uptick,” th[...]

Diagnostic Errors Are A Major Factor In U.S. Medical Malpractice Claims

September 16, 2014

The Doctors Company, the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer in the United States whose unabashed mission is to be “fiercely committed to relentlessly defending, protecting, and rewarding our members with the industry’s most aggressive claims defense, unrivaled protection, a[...]

The Failure Of Wisconsin’s Medical Mediation Panels

August 15, 2014

The Wisconsin Legislature created Medical Mediation Panels in 1986 in an effort to provide “an informal, inexpensive and expedient means for resolving medical malpractice disputes without litigation,” providing an early neutral evaluation that may reduce litigation costs by identifyin[...]

U.S. Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing On “More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day Is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety”

July 21, 2014

On July 17, 2014, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging held a hearing on the subject entitled, “More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day Is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety.” The Subcommittee Cha[...]

4 Medical Malpractice Falsehoods Reformers Need You To Believe

May 29, 2014

The following are some of the medical malpractice falsehoods often promoted by those with a financial interest in so-called medical malpractice tort reforms that harm the most seriously injured victims of medical malpractice by preventing them from being fully compensated for their losses: 1. Medica[...]

U.S. Senator Boxer’s Office Issues “Medical Errors” Report

May 4, 2014

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer’s Office recently issued a report entitled “Medical Errors” that discusses “the most common and devastating medical errors.” In July 2013, Senator Boxer contacted Partnership for Patients (a public-private partnership funded through the Affor[...]

Study Finds 12 Million In U.S. Misdiagnosed Every Year; One-Half Are Potentially Harmed

April 18, 2014

In a study published on April 16, 2014 in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Quality & Safety, researchers estimated that 12 million people in the United States are misdiagnosed in an outpatient clinic setting each year (the researchers calculated the incidence of new cases of misdiagnosis i[...]

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