Opinion | ‘It Verges on Malpractice’: What We Heard This Week
“It verges on malpractice.” — Adrian Hernandez, MD, of the Duke Clinical Research Institute in Durham, North Carolina, commenting on a MedPage Today investigative report that showed Texas physician Stella Immanuel, MD, was the nation’s top prescriber of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin over the past 2 years. “We have a bad disease, we have a good […]
One Paid Medical Malpractice Claim May Signal More to Come
Physicians who had a prior paid medical malpractice claim were three to four times more likely to have future claims, according to a retrospective case-control study, challenging the commonly held notion among physicians that medical malpractice claims are simply bad luck or random events. Among every physician licensed to practice in the U.S. at the […]
Opinion | ‘I’m Really Freaking Out About Hurting Someone’: What We Heard This Week
“Yeah, malpractice is a concern, but I’m really freaking out about hurting someone.” — Linda Isbell, PhD, of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, talking about her team’s survey that looked at perspectives of emergency clinicians on lawsuits and patient harm. “I have not replaced Dr. [Leana] Wen because I did not want to leave any […]