Atlanta Dancing Doctor May Have Victimized 100 Women

Nearly 100 Women Suffered Under Dancing Doctor's Scalpel, Lawyer Says by Kaylee Hartung.  CNN.  June 2, 2018. 

Should Hospitals---And Doctors---Apologize For Medical Mistakes?

Should Hospitals--And Doctors--Apologize For Medical Mistakes?  by Sandra G. Boodman.  March 12, 2017.  The Washington Post. 

Does The Threat Of Malpractice Suits Impact The Home-Buying Behavior Of Physicians?

One Weird Reason Why Doctors Buy Bigger Homes Than Lawyers by Carolyn Y. Johnson.  The Washington Post.  February 29, 2016

Higher Physician Spending Associated With Lower Risk Of Malpractice Suite; Causal Link Uncertain

High-Spending Doctors Less Likely To Be Sued by Andrew M. Seaman.  Reuters.  November 5, 2015. 

Arbitration In Medicine And Other Fields Remakes The Face Of Justice

In Arbitration, A 'Privatization Of The Justice System' by Jessica Silver-Greenberg And Michael Corkery.  The New York Times.  November 1, 2015. 

At Least One Diagnostic Error In A Lifetime; Misdiagnoses Leading To Harm May Be Up To 160,000

Most Americans Will Experience At Least 1 Diagnostic Error:  Report by E. J. Mundell.  U. S. News.  September 22, 2015. 

Drug Tests For Doctors On The Table In California

California Asks:  Should Doctors Face Drug Tests.  The New York Times.  August 1, 2014.

License To Practice Medicine Does Not Always Line Up With Record Of Good Care

Thousands Of Doctors Practicing Despite Errors, Misconduct by Peter Eisler and Barbara Hansen.  USA TODAY.  August 20, 2013.

(1)  By law "adverse actions" by any of the nation's 878,000 licensed doctors must be filed with the _________________ for the purpose of monitoring by state medical boards.

(2)  Of the nearly ____________ doctors who had their clinical privileges or taken away more than __________ never were fined or subject to a license action by a medical board.

(3)  Nearly ________ doctors cited as an "immediate threat to health and safety" did not have their licenses restricted or taken away.

(4)  Roughly ________ physicians were responsible for 10% of all the payments for malpractice settlements.  However in some malpractice cases some doctors may settle without _________ in order to avoid______________.

(5)  Three factors cited by medical professional leader that slow prompt action by medical boards are laws,  _____________ and __________.

(6)  True or False:  Medical board disciplinary practices and regulations vary greatly from state to state.

(7)  True or False:  All hospitals promptly file reports when a physician is disciplined.

(8)  _______ % of hospital had never reported to the National Practitioner Data Base any action restricting or revoking a doctors clinical privileges as of 2011.

(9)  Physician discipline hits a bottleneck in the hospital ____________ committee according to a physician who served as chief of medical staff in two hospitals.

Potential Legal Liability From Federal Quality Improvement Metrics Addressed in Law

Ga. Law:  Federal Metrics No Basis For Medical Liability by David Pittman.  MedPage Today.  May 7, 2013.

(1)  The law passed and signed by Georgia Governor  prevents  federal-quality-of-care metrics from being ____________, used as the ___________, or used as a presumption of _____________ in malpractice suits.

(2)  According to the article the State Physician Shield does not take away _______________.

(3)  The Georgia Trail Lawyers Association _______________________________.

Diagnostic Errors: Leading Cause Of Successful Malpractice Claims

Diagnostic Errors Are Leading Cause Of Successful Malpractice Claims by David Brown.  The Washington Post.  April 22, 2013.

Key fact:  Diagnostic errors accounted for 35 percent of the total money paid out and causes 39 percent of malpractice-related deaths.   The article explores the reasons diagnostic errors are hard to catch and why there are no public reporting requirements for measuring diagnostic accuracy or error.

80,000 Major Surgical Errors Occurred Between 1990-2010--Study

Study:  "Never" Surgery Mistakes Still Happening to Patients by Bob Holt.  Newjerserynewsroom.com.  December 22, 2012.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University used the National Practitioner Data Bank to  arrive at the 80,000 estimate of  errors based upon malpractice claims.   A study author estimates that the number is likely to be low since many patients filed no claim after a medical mistake.

Reporting Medical Mistakes: A New Pilot Project

Article:  New System for Patients to Report Medical Mistakes.  National  New York Times  Sunday September 23, 2012

Key Ideas:  The Obama Administration is considering a pilot project to facilitate reporting of medical mistakes and unsafe practices by doctors, hospitals, pharmacists and others who provide treatment.  Patients could have potentially useful information on drug mix-ups, surgery on the wrong body part, radiation overdoses and myriad other problems causing injuries, infections and tens of thousands of deaths each year.  The results of this proposed survey would be analyzed by the RAND Corporation and ECRI Institute.

Up to one-fourth of patients experience "adverse events" associated with their care.  Hospital organizations have indicated that they are receptive to the idea