Urgent Care Clinics have sprung up to fill a perceived gap in healthcare, available for folks who have needs that don’t rise to the level of an emergency room visit, or when it is inconvenient to see their primary doctor.
In a recent article in Journal of Patient Safety, it was reported that fewer than 2% of physicians were accountable for more than 50% of all settlement made in medical malpractice cases.
A new model of charting has popped up, one in which the doctors are wearing Google Glasses and the scribes aren’t next to them in the room, but remote.
In mass tort cases (i.e., case in which there are many claimants around the country) a firm can only handle such cases if it has a large number of clients and is willing to pay the very large costs associated with the litigation.
Once the FDA approves a drug for a particular use, it can then be prescribed by a physician for an entirely different medical condition.
The pioneer of medical apologies states that simply telling the patient or family that the doctor is “sorry” for a bad outcome is not enough. The apology has to make clear that the doctor is accepting “ownership” and responsibility for the consequences.
Among the developed countries, only Mexico has a higher maternal mortality rate than the US.
Swedish Medical Center recently sent letters informing cardiovascular surgery patients that a device used during surgery may have been contaminated with bacteria.
