Medical malpractice is a kind of personal injury case that is brought against physicians, hospitals, nurses, EMTs, or other healthcare professionals. It is a form of professional malpractice that applies only when a patient is injured in the course of medical treatment. Patients that suffer from a medical malpractice injury may be able to hold the healthcare providers responsible for that injury liable under the special rules that apply for this type of professional negligence. In this blog post you will learn the top 6 circumstances contributing to patient injury in the hospitals.
The information presented below has been gathered from two thoroughly performed research studies by The Doctors Company, and Cooperative of American Physicians. Together, these studies evaluated 484 claims against hospitalists that closed.
This is one of the 5 blog posts on how to avoid medical malpractice lawsuit/claims. In this series, the next blog posts discuss the 10 best risk mitigation strategies for physicians to avoid having a medical malpractice lawsuit, top 6 circumstances contributing to patient injury, medical malpractice lawsuit – 6 most common medical malpractice claims, along with the patient injury severity scale.
(1) Inadequate Patient Assessment
Lack of adequate assessments in:
(2) Information Exchange Among Healthcare Providers
(3) Treatment and Medication Selection Issues
(4) Poor Rapport Between Physicians and Patients and/or Family
(5) Not Calling Consults When Needed
The studies identified two types of cases in this category:
In this day and age, medical practice is becoming very specialty focused. Assuming broader role may be practical in certain situations (rural areas without access to consultants etc), however, long story short, if in doubt and when you have access to consultants, just call consults to get an expert opinion.
(6) Patient Behaviors
The studies identified two types of cases in this category:
Most claims in this category included patients who were non-compliant with testing procedure recommended to monitor anticoagulants and blood glucose levels.
Although most of the content presented in this blog post seems pretty basic, the goal of this blog post is to highlight the importance of topics that often fall through the cracks, and eventually get physicians and patients in trouble. I hope that you picked up at least a few key points from this article, to include them in your practice. Practice thoroughly, keep your patient safe, and you stay safe!
In addition to this blog post, (Top 6 Circumstances Contributing to Patient Injury), please also read the rest of the blog articles in the same series: 10 Best Risk Mitigation Strategies for Physicians to Avoid Malpractice Claims, Top 6 Circumstances Contributing to Patient Injury, 6 Most Common Medical Malpractice Claims, along with the Patient Injury Severity Scale.
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Authored by Harsha Moole, M.D., MBBS
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