Category: Malpractice

Discover the hidden world of state medical board complaints

In a world of 24/7 news coverage often highlighting high-verdict medical malpractice cases, few physicians know about thousands of complaints that undergo review by state medical boards each year. Most complaints are filed by patients and/or family mem…

From now on, doctors will not be thrown under the bus when they are sued for medical malpractice

I am an OB/GYN and no stranger to malpractice litigation. As beleaguered as you may feel when you are sued for medical malpractice, the next hurdle to conquer after you are served is when you realize that your own attorney is prepared to throw you unde…

Humanism in health care: How to address patient harm

I want to preface this story by stating that Sarah has given written authorization to share her story, allowing my colleague and me to transform a challenging experience into a valuable lesson in the inevitability of mistakes and the profound capacity …

A scientific approach to malpractice defense

There has always been a “fight club” because there have always been medical malpractice lawsuits. They are predicated on complications, either errors of nature or medical errors, and no doctor is immune. In the United States, roughly 85,000…

Bridging law and medicine [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! We sit down with Armin Feldman, a medical consultant to attorneys. Join us as Armin shares his valuable insights into the world of medical/legal consulting, where he acts as a bridge betwee…

A path to safer health care [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! We’re joined by Barbara L. Olson, a nurse and the chief clinical officer at The Just Culture Company. We dive into the recent report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Sc…

A new approach to health care liability management

There is no shortage of the problems that plague health care. Even so, health law gurus make problems worse by creating the medical liability litigation industry. Gurus deny creating this industry. They create health reforms and tort reforms to solve p…

Will Kaiser Permanente see a spike in medical malpractice from the strike?

The Kaiser Permanente strike, with over 75,000 impacted employees, is the largest health care strike in the history of the United States. CNN reported that the affected workers are represented by a coalition of unions across California, Colorado, Orego…

Bridging attorneys and doctors: the role of medical/legal consultants

Engaging in medical/legal consulting offers a valuable opportunity to apply your medical training in a non-clinical capacity that genuinely benefits people. Physicians across the nation are increasingly embracing medical/legal consulting as a rewarding…

Navigating a malicious medical malpractice lawsuit: a case study

In line with my previous posts that explain how to resolve all medical malpractice lawsuits, especially frivolous ones, at the lowest possible cost for the physician and the malpractice carrier, this article addresses a malicious medical malpractice la…