Oncologist accountability for pandemic-related delays in diagnosis and treatment
Oncologists throughout the US are increasingly seeing patients who have advanced-stage cancers....
Oct 10, 2021
Oncologists throughout the US are increasingly seeing patients who have advanced-stage cancers....
Oct 1, 2021
Potential lawsuits are a reality that even the best physicians must accept. An American Medical...
Sep 29, 2021
Saying “I’m sorry” is the least you can do when you accidentally hurt someone. But in...
Sep 26, 2021
Unfortunately for physicians, premiums paid for medical malpractice insurance will only increase...
Sep 24, 2021
It is a fundamental core value of most people to apologize when a mistake has been made through...
Sep 22, 2014
A surgeon emailed me the following:. OK, I know this is radical but consider my argument… Medical licensing protects no one and costs physicians hundreds to thousands of dollars each year. If a physician is negligent, can...
Jul 25, 2014
A Manhattan jury found Stan Xuhui Li, MD, guilty of manslaughter for overprescribing painkillers...
May 29, 2014
Physician leaders are supporting a new proposed federal law that aims to reduce litigation against...
Apr 14, 2014
An anesthetized patient fell to the floor headfirst from an operating room (OR) table during a laparoscopic appendectomy in Scotland. The table had been tilted into an extreme head-down position to facilitate the operation....
Dec 28, 2013
Studies have shown that about 5% of autopsies in hospitals in the United States reveal lethal...
Sep 18, 2013
When a critical event occurs in professions other than medicine, detailed investigations are...
Jul 30, 2013
Nearly 1,400 physicians who were sued for medical malpractice share their experience in Medscape’s...