Dr. MedLaw

Healthcare providers are particularly vulnerable to litigation. Here are some tips to help prepare for the possibility of a medical malpractice lawsuit. ...

Mar 14, 2024

Jurors will never hear every fact in a medical malpractice case…and that is frankly often to the doctor’s advantage....

Feb 14, 2024

Although the mere thought of litigation can be stressful, healthcare professionals and systems must prepare for the possibility....

Jan 17, 2024

All doctors need some coverage help, but to avoid legal issues, it’s important to be clear and know the practices of the groups you partner with....

Nov 29, 2023

The doctors who serve on peer review committees must speak and act freely without fear of retaliation, therefore members often receive legal protections....

Nov 20, 2023

If every patient is unique, can an overarching metric really be pinned down enough to declare that a given doctor was negligent as a legal certainty?...

Nov 2, 2023

Any discussion with doctors about avoiding liability for malpractice is hampered from the start because “negligence” is a very charged term. It conjures up images of a slipshod and blundering individual and so doctors understandably immediately become resistant. They...

Sep 20, 2023

Q: A cardiology fellow at my hospital is very good, and I would like to bring him into my practice when he completes training. However, I want to keep my options open, and he is unsure whether he will live in the area, so we agreed that he would s...

Sep 14, 2023

Dr. MedLaw explains why physicians must avoid any payment-for-business schemes with healthcare service providers....

Sep 7, 2023

Q: A patient’s daughter, a high school senior, had accompanied her mother for her semi-annual eye examination. The daughter was very attentive to what I was doing and told me that she would soon be starting a pre-med program in college. She thou...

Aug 24, 2023