Medical malpractice cases are uncommon. The vast majority of the 30 million surgeries performed in the US every year go off without a hitch, but botched ...
This study uses a large national legal database to analyze characteristics of malpractice claims involving U.S. medical students.#The Westlaw database was searched in September 2023 for malpractice cases involving medical students from January 1, 1900, through September 1, 2023. Each case was ...
2 Furthermore, researchers and regulators have raised concerns about DTC telemedicine, including substandard verification of patient identity, suboptimal diagnosis and treatment, and inadequate medical history taking, all of which have the potential to result in malpractice litigation.3 However, the ...
Background This study characterizes medical malpractice lawsuits involving trainees providing care in the emergency department (ED), affording insight into the types of patients involved, clinical scenarios, and legal outcomes of these cases. Methods Cases were identified using the legal database, Westlaw...
Methods: The Westlaw legal research service was utilized to collect medical malpractice litigations from 1994 to 2019 pertaining to congenital cardiac surgery, inclusive, in the United States. Court documents were manually screened, with 177 litigations satisfying criteria for inclusion. Data collection ...
would amount to a medical malpractice case. The issue will be whether another medical professional presented with the same information and circumstances would have accurately diagnosed the stroke. If yes, the court will hold the doctor who fell short of that...
Medical malpractice occurs when a health care professional deviates from the standard of acceptable care when treating a patient. This may include: Performing the wrong procedure Operating on the wrong part of the body Failing to warn the patient about the procedure’s risks ...
Medical Errors and Patient Safety Medical MalpracticeIntensive CareLaboratory MedicineEmergency MedicineIs the reporting of medical errors changing? This book shows with real cases from health ... KalraJay - DE GRUYTER 被引量: 4发表: 2011年 A Review of Lawsuits Related to Point-of-Care Emergency ...
METHODS: Data on medical disputes cases were collected through the Korea Medical Association mutual aid and through a private medical malpractice liability insurance company. Data regarding the frequency and type of MDCs, along with brief case descriptions, were obtained. RESULTS: Pain in the lumbar...
In a medical malpractice case, the person’s physical condition is identified through medical evidence. Factual evidence is what happened during the case and information about the individual bringing the lawsuit. The lawyer needs to prove the person’s medical case through the medical evidence and ...