Medical experts told a Senate subcommittee earlier this month that the health-care community’s efforts to monitor and prevent patient harm are insufficient. They implored Congress to do more to prevent deaths and injuries in hospitals and other health-care settings. “Our collective action in patient safety pales in comparison to the magnitude of the problem,” Dr…..
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Burn Surgeon’s Testimony Tainted by Conflict of Interest
Clothing and furniture containing flame retardants have come under scrutiny because their chemicals may not retard flame but do pose health risks. Recently, proposed legislation in Washington state brought the issue additional attention when a burn expert testified before lawmakers that flame retardants do prevent fire casualties, despite the fact that he had been paid….
Continue ReadingCan a Car Accident Cause a Hernia?
Car accidents can cause any number of injuries, from whiplash to broken bones to head injuries. These are the types of crash-related injuries that most people are familiar with because they straightforwardly follow from the type of impact experienced in a car accident. For example, it is easy to understand how someone could suffer a….
Continue ReadingGOP lawsuit hasn’t shoved health care off a cliff — not yet. But ACA in limbo helps nobody.
Insurers feast on uncertainty the way most of us attack a holiday spread. They can relish risk because they know it can mean higher premiums and profits for their dealing with clients’ risks. This is one point to keep in mind while reading the abundant coverage of the latest step in Republicans’ decade-long assault on….
Continue ReadingCourt Nixes Litigation Standards Set by Pathologists
What if a truck drivers’ union tried to set standards for when juries could conclude that a driver was negligent in causing a motor vehicle wreck? Or what if a trucking company could defend its driver falling asleep at the wheel by showing that its other drivers had impeccable driving records? That’s about the situation….
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Mental health therapists – psychiatrists, psychologists and clinical social workers – have the difficult job of treating patients whose emotions and malfunctioning brains cause behavior that can be irrational, volatile, violent and a threat to their own health or others around them. When harm actually happens, to the patient or someone else, malpractice can be….
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Books & Articles by Patrick Malone The following is a sampling of the books, articles and chapters written by lead attorney Patrick Malone. Books Patrick Malone talks about his Medical Malpractice Books The Fearless Cross-Examiner The Fearless Cross-Examiner : Win the Witness, Win the Case, by Patrick Malone. The current approach to cross-examination is dated,….
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https://www.sts.org/about-sts/policies/statement-physician-acting-expert-witness Statement on the physician Acting As An Expert Witness One of the most important and controversial figures in malpractice litigation is the physician expert witness. The number of malpractice suits and the size of awards for damages have grown substantially in recent years, greatly increasing demand for “expert witnesses.” The increasing number of expert….
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Retrieved on February 28, 2013. (n.d.). American college of physicians – guidelines for the physician expert witness. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.acponline.org/running_practice/ethics/issues/policy/expert_witness.pdf Guidelines for the Physician Expert Witness American College of Physicians* Editorial Note: The Clinical Practice Subcommittee of the College’s Health and Public Policy Committee undertook development of “Guidelines for the Physician Expert Witness” in….
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https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/109/5/974.full Guidelines for Expert Witness Testimony in Medical Malpractice Litigation Committee on Medical Liability Abstract The interests of the public and the medical profession are best served when scientifically sound and unbiased expert witness testimony is readily available to plaintiffs and defendants in medical negligence suits. As members of the physician community, as patient advocates,….
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