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    Physician Risk Management

    August 1, 2013

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    Physician Risk Management 2013-08-01

    A growing number of lawsuits involve poor communication — multiple MDs involved

    It's an increasingly common scenario in a malpractice suit: A primary care physician refers a patient to a specialist, and each assumes the other is communicating the need for follow-up or further testing. Read More

    MD got dismissed due to this documentation

    The MRI result and response fell through the cracks, she says, and the documentation showed a path directly to the neurosurgeon. Read More

    Suit alleged failure to follow up on result

    After a hospitalized patient was discharged, an abnormal lab result was sent to her primary care provider. That provider apparently filed the lab result in the patient's chart without recognizing the abnormality. Read More

    Radiology misreads are tough to defend

    Radiology errors are difficult to address in medical malpractice claims because at that point in time, everyone, including the jury, knows the patient's injury. Read More

    When a radiology finding is missed, make case defensible

    Did a radiologist contact the ordering physician about a finding? If so, it is important for the radiologist to document why the call was made, when the conversation with the ordering physician occurred, and the substance of any conversation had. Read More

    Patient can't hear you? Legal risks abound

    If a hearing-impaired patient asked you for a sign language interpreter, would you readily agree or ask that the patient communicate with written notes instead? Read More

    Residents make more errors when they work shorter shifts

    While many believe that legal risks would be reduced as a result of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's reduction in resident shift lengths from 30 to 16 hours, two recent studies suggest that the opposite is true. Read More

    Will med/mal suit be filed? Here's how attorneys decide

    Did the physician act as a reasonably careful professional? If not, did the failure to act in this manner cause a significant injury Read More

    Consent refused? Take appropriate action

    In 2002, a police officer took custody of a 5-week-old febrile infant girl after her parents refused to consent to a spinal tap to rule out meningitis. Read More

    Physician Legal Review & Commentary: 16-year-old male awarded $450,000 for failure to diagnose appendicitis 6 days later, primary care doctor finds infection

    A 16-year-old male was awarded $450,000 for his doctor's failure to diagnose appendicitis before the appendix ruptured. Read More

    Physician Legal Review & Commentary: Case involved controversial procedure: manipulation under anesthesia

    A man and his two daughters were awarded $38.6 million against two doctors for their negligence in conducting a controversial procedure under anesthesia on the patient. Read More

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    Table Of Contents

    A growing number of lawsuits involve poor communication — multiple MDs involved

    MD got dismissed due to this documentation

    Suit alleged failure to follow up on result

    Radiology misreads are tough to defend

    When a radiology finding is missed, make case defensible

    Patient can't hear you? Legal risks abound

    Residents make more errors when they work shorter shifts

    Will med/mal suit be filed? Here's how attorneys decide

    Consent refused? Take appropriate action

    Physician Legal Review & Commentary: 16-year-old male awarded $450,000 for failure to diagnose appendicitis 6 days later, primary care doctor finds infection

    Physician Legal Review & Commentary: Case involved controversial procedure: manipulation under anesthesia

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