OBJECTIVE To assess the personal experience of all practitioners of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) medicine in the United States with the medical malpractice system; in particular, to assess the circumstances of malpractice allegations in which they themselves had personal experience, and to extrapolate from their individual experiences to the field of neonatology in general. DESIGN Writ...

STUDY QUESTION Is a higher use of resources by physicians associated with a reduced risk of malpractice claims? METHODS Using data on nearly all admissions to acute care hospitals in Florida during 2000-09 linked to malpractice history of the attending physician, this study investigated whether physicians in seven specialties with higher average hospital charges in a year were less likely to ...

Aim: The study aims to determine the level of proneness to malpractice among nursing and midwifery interns. Method: The sample of this descriptive and analytical study consisted of 120 intern students studying in their senior year in the nursing and midwifery department of a public university who volunteered to participate in the study. Data was collected using the Student Identification Form a...

Recent US nationwide research on malpractice lawsuits shows that the most common cause of medical malpractice suits against radiologists was error in diagnosis (mainly failure to diagnose instead of delay); the category next in frequency was procedural complications, followed by inadequate communication with either patient or referring physician. Risk management is a fundamental instrument to p...

Forensic psychiatrists, acting as expert witnesses, must be able to perform objective analyses of psychiatric malpractice cases. Accurate malpractice case analysis requires careful attention to relevant legal concepts and consideration of potential biasing influences. If forensic psychiatrists are to avoid a reliance on "experts policing experts," individual forensic psychiatrists must be fully...

Noting that the risk of malpractice liability poses a significant barrier to the provision of volunteer health care in this country, the author analyzes current state and federal legislative approaches designed to overcome the hurdle, including a changed standard of care for malpractice liability from simple negligence to gross negligence, governmental indemnification of volunteer providers, an...

Malpractice still occurs a lot, both by hospitals and doctors, although there are several legal instruments that regulate hospitals, as well medical practice with sanctions for violators of health laws. The purpose this study is to explore the deficiencies exist in policies, propose new policies order optimally prevent overcome hospital malpractice. research method used normative examining aspe...

Trends in malpractice awards and adverse actions (e.g., revocation of provider license) following an act or omission constituting medical error or negligence were examined. The National Practitioner Data Bank was used to compare rates of malpractice reports and adverse actions for physicians, physician assistants (PAs), and nurse practitioners (NPs). During 2005 through 2014, there ranged from ...

Vol. 3, No. 4 ■ April 2003 Because of rising malpractice premiums, some physicians are moving to areas with lower rates, retiring early, not performing certain procedures, practicing without malpractice insurance, or going on strike to capture the attention of the public and policy makers. And some malpractice insurers have elected not to renew existing policies in certain locations or for prac...

OBJECTIVE To describe medical negligence and malpractice cases in which a patient with a known penicillin allergy received a beta-lactam and experienced an adverse reaction related to the beta-lactam. DATA SOURCES Lexis-Nexus, Westlaw, and Google Scholar were searched. STUDY SELECTIONS Medical negligence and malpractice cases were eligible for inclusion if they met the following criteria: t...