Which docs gets sued most often — and what’s the real cost?

A new study from the American Medical Association looked into which doctors — by gender, age, specialty, etc. — are most likely to get sued or have other liability claims against them. Read more

Malpractice: There’s an app for that?

Some of the simplest technological tools can open the door to significant malpractice claims. Read more

Study: 36% of docs won’t report an incompetent colleague

Bad news for those who assumed impaired and incompetent physicians would be reported by their peers. Read more

How EHRs increase malpractice risk

There’s a huge push to move more practices to electronic health records. But does doing so put a practice at greater risk of a malpractice suit? Read more

Case study: Tort reform doesn’t lower medical costs

Critics of the recent health reform bills say it missed a key opportunity by failing to include tort reform measures. But a look at a state that has implemented tort reform shows that those measures don’t make much of a dent. Read more

Can paper clips qualify as medical devices?

Clinicians have some room for creatively using approved medical tools to meet patients’ needs. But one dentist took that freedom too far. Read more

Nurses with knives? Dangerous staffers with clean records

You assume the new staffer who just passed a background check has a clean record. A recent investigation shows that’s just not the case. Read more

Malpractice payouts reach new low

The number of doctors’ malpractice payments made in 2009 dropped for the fifth consecutive year. Read more

More than 1 in 4 health care dollars spent on defensive medicine

Coders may need to add a “CYA” category to account for procedures doctors order solely to prevent frivolous lawsuits — if you believe a recent survey of physicians. Read more

Whistleblower nurse acquitted of charges

Anne Mitchell, the Texas nurse who faced criminal charges after reporting a physician for malpractice, has been acquitted of all charges. But that’s not the end of the legal wrangling. Read more

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