The Healthcare-Malpractice
Journal

As one looks at the next couple of years and thinks about strategy, there are many different thoughts as to what is the right strategy. Increasingly, a number of these thoughts are untested and put forth by professors and consultants. The strategies resonate less and less with what is going on...

Whether your client is a plaintiff or a defendant in a case related to the complex field of medicine, the testimony of an experienced expert witness is absolutely necessary. A medical expert witness must be able to examine the material facts of the case (such as medical records and lay...

No one doubts that emergency medicine physicians have a tough job: Every day, they have to treat patients they typically don't know, deal with a range of clinical problems, and function under, well, emergency conditions.

These factors create certain vulnerabilities in the practice of emergency medicine that can lead to claims of...

Social Media Pitfalls

Social media has become an ever-present facet of daily life. But actions that you consider innocent could end up causing you legal trouble. Following a few simple rules can help medical practices avoid real liability in the cyber world. Here are four situations to watch out for, and recommendations...

Most common medical mistakes:

Misdiagnosis – failure to work up and make an accurate diagnosis.
Mistakes during treatment errors of omission, care should have been provided but wasn’t, or wasn’t done correctly. The condition is not treated correctly. There are also errors of commission in which the error caused harm.

Medication errors as...