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1 stigating informed consent in spinal surgery malpractice.

2 gists' experiences or perceptions of medical malpractice.

3 it more emotion from physicians than medical malpractice.

4 with personal injury tort cases and medical malpractice.

5 phic data, practice environment, and medical malpractice.

6 ake them an attractive target for fraudulent malpractices.

7 Substantial barriers included concerns about malpractice (61.5%) and paperwork or bureaucracy (46.0%)

8 been involved in more than 300 other medical malpractice actions, and who had never performed any kin

9 ogists are extremely concerned about medical malpractice and report that this concern affects their r

10 Medical malpractice and the problems associated with it remain a

11 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, medical malpractice, and the quality of care.

12 ncerns with scientific fraud and publication malpractice, and the stresses and strains (and opportuni

13 ncluded ophthalmology or ophthalmologist and malpractice anywhere in the retrieved documents.

14 information they would share, and (c) their malpractice attitudes and experiences.

15 nrollee there was a narrative regarding each malpractice case from which, in most instances, a primar

16 Working from an actual malpractice case involving serious injury but no apparen

17 Main Outcomes and Measures: Pediatric malpractice case outcomes and settlement amounts.

18 tain informed consent and associated medical malpractice case verdict.

19 Results: Sixty-eight ophthalmology malpractice cases involving plaintiffs younger than 18 y

20 ert witnesses who espouse unfounded views in malpractice cases may fuel inappropriate litigation.

21 Of the 51 malpractice cases, 46 had been closed as of December 31,

22 tional medicolegal database was searched for malpractice claim cases related to spinal surgery for al

23 ratio (IRR) for any payment as a result of a malpractice claim compared with the average of all 36 st

24 ing the degree of stress caused by a medical malpractice claim described the experience as very or ex

25 The cumulative risk of facing a malpractice claim is high in all specialties, although m

26 nt) who underwent spinal surgery and filed a malpractice claim were studied (mean [SD] age, 47.1 [13.

27 ysicians in low-risk specialties had faced a malpractice claim, as compared with 99% of physicians in

28 e study period, 7.4% of all physicians had a malpractice claim, with 1.6% having a claim leading to a

29 52.4%]) of the radiologists reported a prior malpractice claim, with 18 (14.8%) reporting mammography

30 f 8401) had been the subject of at least one malpractice claim.

31 rican College of Surgeons (ACS) reviewed 460 malpractice claims against general surgeons.

32 The distribution of malpractice claims among physicians is not well understo

33 ms has been associated with lower numbers of malpractice claims and costs.

34 discussions to protect spinal surgeons from malpractice claims and ensure that patients are better i

35 cians experience a disproportionate share of malpractice claims and expenses.

36 the ASA Closed Claims Project suggests that malpractice claims for major damaging events are less co

37 informed consent as an allegation in medical malpractice claims for patients undergoing a spinal proc

38 ommunication behaviors associated with fewer malpractice claims for primary care physicians.

39 ians reviewed a random sample of 1452 closed malpractice claims from five liability insurers to deter

40 ewers analyzed 444 randomly sampled surgical malpractice claims from four liability insurers.

41 Malpractice claims generally declined in Michigan during

42 eported the proportion of physicians who had malpractice claims in a year, the proportion of claims l

43 ing on the proportion of physicians who face malpractice claims in a year, the size of those claims,

44 We reviewed the literature and closed malpractice claims in the American Society of Anesthesio

45 Malpractice claims incidence was calculated by dividing

46 Case--control analysis of medical-malpractice claims may identify and quantify risk factor

47 An analysis of paid malpractice claims may provide insight into the prevalen

48 In 2009, there were 10,739 malpractice claims paid on behalf of physicians.

49 Rates of malpractice claims per state were calculated with a zero

50 To summarize the currently available data on malpractice claims related to ambulatory anesthesia and

51 wed a higher proportion of closed paediatric malpractice claims related to respiratory events than to

52 In 2009, the number of paid malpractice claims reported to the National Practitioner

53 o promote patient safety and address risk of malpractice claims should continue to focus on surgeons'

54 Among malpractice claims that we reviewed independently in an

55 Among the malpractice claims we studied, the severity of the patie

56 ent 20% of monitored anesthesia care-related malpractice claims, 95% of which involved head/neck surg

57 en surgical adverse events, risk management, malpractice claims, and resulting indemnity payments to

58 rimary care physicians with vs without prior malpractice claims.

59 or a disproportionately large number of paid malpractice claims.

60 agnosis and in expert testimony produced for malpractice claims.

61 identify these risks and reduce exposure to malpractice claims.

62 n contributing factors among closed surgical malpractice claims.

63 ociated with significant harm and expense in malpractice claims.

64 rvations are associated with risk of medical malpractice claims.

65 Given the current medical malpractice climate, it is imperative that physicians un

66 ering additional tests/treatments because of malpractice concerns (OR, 1.87; 95% CI, 1.20 to 2.93).

67 ing from mammogram interpretation because of malpractice concerns.

68 include the costs of injuries to patients or malpractice costs.

69 of procedures performed per year, additional malpractice coverage, and revenue generated per hour of

70 A perennial concern during "malpractice crises" is that liability costs will drive p

71 We analyzed malpractice data from 1991 through 2005 for all physicia

72 se, a trauma registry, and a risk management/malpractice database.

73 sure that "doing no harm" comes first in the malpractice debate.

74 Resolving inadequate training, malpractice-driven test ordering, and preventive-care re

75 here were no consistent associations between malpractice environment and Medicare payments.

76 Associations between malpractice environment and postoperative outcomes and p

77 represent a composite of work, practice, and malpractice expenditures.

78 However, medical malpractice experience and concerns were not associated

79 pread and growing, little is known about the malpractice experience of practitioners who deliver thes

80 sed in number, not decreased." Radiologists' malpractice experiences were not consistently associated

81 Attending physicians face malpractice exposure not only for the care they provide

82 radiologist who had been accused of medical malpractice for failing to communicate to a referring ph

83 ) expressed concern about the impact medical malpractice has on mammography practice, with over half

84 sation cases, were required to provide their malpractice history as part of their credentialing appli

85 ch records state of residence, age, sex, and malpractice history.

86 ant issues such as physician culpability and malpractice implications for failure to collect or act o

87 The very word "malpractice" implies guilt and immediately places the in

88 sial issues concerning possible experimental malpractice in the field, and propose ways to translate

89 ases were used to calculate and characterize malpractice incidence and risk: a surgical operation dat

90 fly addresses the substantive law of medical malpractice, informed consent, the law relating to resea

91 In the current malpractice insurance crisis, physicians have focused th

92 risk was measured using mean general surgery malpractice insurance premiums; paid claims per surgeon;

93 A malpractice insurer convened a collaborative with 4 Harv

94 er a 10-year period to determine whether the malpractice insurer had closed the case.

95 ent filed between 1985 and 2001 with a large malpractice insurer representing one third of the physic

96 Malpractice insurers can use this information to guide m

97 Using data from malpractice insurers, we analyzed the claims experience

98 ians, the prospect of being sued for medical malpractice is a singularly disturbing aspect of modern

99 The system of tort liability for medical malpractice is frequently criticized for poorly performi

100 al principles and case law to understand how malpractice law is likely to develop in this area.

101 During a recent medical malpractice lawsuit brought against me, I was forced to

102 o determine if there is an increased medical malpractice lawsuit rate when trauma patient cases are p

103 We set out to compare the malpractice lawsuit risk and incidence in trauma surgery

104 or trauma patients, and the actual risk of a malpractice lawsuit was low.

105 ients are bringing and prevailing in medical malpractice lawsuits against physicians who conduct inde

106 Many believe that fear of malpractice lawsuits drives physicians to order otherwis

107 The incidence of malpractice lawsuits using this denominator is 0.34 laws

108 ted with a lower rate of indemnity payments, malpractice lawsuits, including informed consent allegat

109 which the physician works, local hospitals, malpractice lawyers, and imaging centers.

110 strategies to reduce the risk for potential malpractice liability include the following: 1) determin

111 uniform standards, and the advent of medical malpractice liability insurance.

112 However, fear of malpractice liability is a barrier to physician disclosu

113 ork in which physicians can assess potential malpractice liability issues in counseling patients abou

114 ortance: Understanding outcomes of pediatric malpractice litigation allows ophthalmologists to gain i

115 Medical malpractice litigation appeared in the United States aro

116 The overhead costs of malpractice litigation are exorbitant.

117 formation regarding the long-term history of malpractice litigation can be found in the literature.

118 Medical malpractice litigation has since been sustained for a ce

119 rs associated with increased risk of medical malpractice litigation have been identified, including s

120 causes and outcomes of ophthalmology medical malpractice litigation involving patients younger than 1

121 Conclusions and Relevance: Malpractice litigation involving pediatric patients was

122 es 2 questions: (1) when and why did medical malpractice litigation originate in the United States an

123 those seeking to reform the current medical malpractice litigation system.

124 To assess the ability of malpractice litigation to make accurate determinations,

125 e most common clinical scenario resulting in malpractice litigation.

126 of mistrust often leads patients to consider malpractice litigation.

127 ven by both plaintiff and defense experts in malpractice litigation.

128 an effort to reduce the volume and costs of malpractice litigation.

129 med consent is an important cause of medical malpractice litigation.

130 or their work as expert witnesses in medical malpractice litigation.

131 f this technique, confirming the established malpractice of the use of bismethyl(dithio)methane in bl

132 iabilities (by reducing instances of medical malpractice or privacy invasions through improvements in

133 were compensated for lost operative time via malpractice premium discounts, continuing education cred

134 edicare and Medicaid, quality assurance, and malpractice reform).

135 ries mentioned quality assurance mechanisms, malpractice reform, or new public health initiatives.

136 e of those claims, and the cumulative career malpractice risk according to specialty.

137 consistent associations between state-level malpractice risk and higher quality of care or Medicare

138 urgeons, and by implication may have a lower malpractice risk as a group.

139 When questioned, surgeons cite malpractice risk as a rationale for not providing trauma

140 The perceived increased malpractice risk attributed to trauma patients discourag

141 Few associations between measures of state malpractice risk environment and outcomes were identifie

142 If malpractice risk is related in large measure to factors

143 e insurers can use this information to guide malpractice risk prevention and education for primary ca

144 We hypothesized that the malpractice risk was equivalent between an elective surg

145 State-level malpractice risk was measured using mean general surgery

146 hat patients treated in states with greatest malpractice risk were more likely than those in lowest r

147 Radiologists' estimates of their future malpractice risk were substantially higher than the actu

148 tantiate or refute the perceived high trauma malpractice risk.

149 y seek to improve communication and decrease malpractice risk.

150 n has been shown to correlate with increased malpractice risk.

151 healthcare institutions at unacceptably high malpractice risk?

152 sing liability costs are overstated, but the malpractice situation is having demonstrable effects on

153 2005), enacted legislation that changed the malpractice standard for emergency care to gross neglige

154 Legislation that substantially changed the malpractice standard for emergency physicians in three s

155 ain subgroups, such as those disciplined for malpractice, substance use, or sexual abuse, have been s

156 re, by far, the most common generic cause of malpractice suits against radiologists.

157 s substantial variation in the likelihood of malpractice suits and the size of indemnity payments acr

158 Although major incidents leading to malpractice suits are less, new liability exposure may b

159 own that in New York State the initiation of malpractice suits correlates poorly with the actual occu

160 sed to determine the number and incidence of malpractice suits filed following full discussion at an

161 diologists in Alabama had the lowest rate of malpractice suits per 100 practice-years for men (0.95;

162 make accurate determinations, we studied 51 malpractice suits to identify factors that predict payme

163 erally against family wishes run the risk of malpractice suits, although such suits usually are unsuc

164 ate over tort reform, critics of the medical malpractice system charge that frivolous litigation--cla

165 The US medical malpractice system is designed to deter negligence and e

166 llide with fundamental tenets of the medical malpractice system.

167 ones, would not exceed the costs of current malpractice systems in the United States.

168 rule on futile treatment is the traditional malpractice test, which measures physician actions again