Monthly Archives: November 2017

EMERGENCY ROOM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE │ What goes wrong and why

About four of every 100,000 Emergency Department (ED) visits result in an allegation of medical malpractice. The analysis below of 1,300 medical malpractice cases involving emergency care, provides insight into what is driving these claims. Because their care is episodic … Continue reading

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INFORMED CONSENT │ PHYSICIAN’S DUTY & MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

In non-emergency situations, medical professionals are required by law to obtain a mentally competent patient’s informed consent for a particular course of treatment. The idea of informed consent is to give patients a meaningful opportunity to be informed about their own … Continue reading

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