Cooperative of American Physicians

• Strange Object Lodged in Patient's Spine, Yet Jury Clears MD A trial reveals the source of a mysterious object left in a patient.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, July 12, 2021
• Lawsuit: Ignored Protocol Blamed for Child's Delayed Cancer Diagnosis An x-ray was taken on a 6-year-old with leg pain, so why were the results never properly interpreted?
  Cooperative of American Physicians, June 08, 2021
• Lawsuit: Misplaced Test Result Leads to Unneeded Surgery Good intentions don't help if you fail to follow up and check test results.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, May 10, 2021
• Lawsuit: Doctor's Doubts Lead to Missed Diagnosis A mysterious illness continues to plague a patient. Could the physician have done anything to reach an earlier diagnosis?
  Cooperative of American Physicians, April 01, 2021
• Lawsuit: Doctor Leaked Private Information to Patient's Family Treating patients from the same family who live together can raise your risk for privacy violations.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, March 08, 2021
• Malpractice Case: Drug Mistakes Can Cause Serious Harm This doctor failed to check the medicine he used during a surgery, resulting in severe injury to the patient. What should he have done differently?
  Cooperative of American Physicians, February 08, 2021
• Malpractice Case: Could an ECG Have Saved This Woman? When it comes to symptoms of uncertain cause, it's important for physicians to use all tools at their disposal to make a diagnosis.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, January 04, 2021
• Malpractice Case: When an Expert's Opinion on a Cardiac Death Isn't Useful An expert's opinion must be based on fact, not hypothesis and speculation.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, December 07, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Black Box Warnings Can Come Back to Bite in Court Disregarding drug dosage recommendations can give rise to liability risks.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, November 09, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Being Passive About Referrals Can Be Risky Overlooking key steps in the patient hand-off can lead to missing information and trigger treatment mishaps.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, October 05, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Social Media Policies to Protect Your Practice Most of your practice members probably use social media, but unless you have a concrete social media policy, you may face legal risks and potentially medical board discipline.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, September 07, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Follow Through on Your First Suspicions Medicine is full of mysteries, but acting diligently until a solution is reached is critical.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, August 10, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Be Wary When Patients Seek Favors Outside Your Expertise Stepping outside your training and clinical knowledge, even as a favor, can result in trouble.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, July 06, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Taking on Too Much Work Can Cause Patient Tragedy When a physician feels that the workload is overwhelming, patient safety should come first rather than trying to take on too much.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, June 01, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Protecting Yourself and Your Patient Getting Pain Meds When it comes to prescribing pain medication, and the possibility of drug dependency and misuse, physicians are wise to discuss their professional limits with patients.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, May 05, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Be Aware When Follow-up Requires Extra Steps When patient cases get complicated and assistance is offered, physicians are best advised to reach out for help. Failure to do so can result in litigation if something should go wrong.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, March 02, 2020
• Malpractice Case: You're at Risk When Your Patient Fails to See the Specialist Just because a physician makes a referral doesn't mean that a patient will visit that specialist. To protect themselves, doctors should be sure to document the request.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, February 07, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Who Monitors Medication -- The Specialist or the PCP? When it comes to a patient's medication, specialists and primary care physicians need to agree on who monitors the effects of the prescription.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, January 06, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Dangers When Taking Over a Patient's Care Accepting a transfer patient means accepting the issues and medication that come with that patient. Failure to understand that can result in a lawsuit if something goes wrong.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, December 09, 2019
• Malpractice Case: You're Liable, Even if Your EHR Malfunctions Even after docs click their way through EHR menus, they should check to make sure the information is accurate.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, November 04, 2019