Medical Malpractice and Legal Issues Journal Articles

• Meeting the Challenge of Difficult Staffing Decisions Find out how to prepare for and address issues related to low staffing.
  American Nurse Today, August 2019
• Malpractice Claims in Benign Biliary Disease Surgery A review of cholecystectomy-related malpractice claims provides insight into the costs and contributing factors of these claims.
  Annals of Surgery, May 2019
• Of a Certain Age: When Are Radiologists Too Old to Practice? Some may be surprised to learn that it is legal to require mandatory annual cognitive testing and competency evaluation for physicians.
  Applied Radiology, December 2018
• The Price of Medical Tourism Many people travel abroad to obtain medical or surgical care, but they may have little recourse should things go wrong.
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, November 2018
• Defensive Medicine and Histopathology Diagnosis of Melanoma Fear of malpractice causes 25% of skin pathologists to upgrade a diagnosis of melanocytic skin lesions.
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, September 2018
• Trends in Physician Reimbursement for Spinal Procedures How have payments for spinal procedures changed in recent years? This article examines the trends.
  Spine, August 2018
• Advice on Avoiding a Malpractice Lawsuit This brief article presents proactive strategies to reduce diagnostic errors and communication lapses that could result in a malpractice suit.
  Applied Radiology, July 2018
• Family Medicine and Obstetrics: Let's Stop Pretending Is delivering babies still one of the core activities of family medicine--and should it be? This editorial comments on the changing role of family physicians in providing maternity care.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, July 2018
• Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking When and for whom is voluntary stopping of eating and drinking appropriate? How can associated symptoms be managed? Review counseling as well as ethical and legal considerations in this article.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 2018
• Telehealth and Legal Implications for Nurse Practitioners What potential legal issues associated with telehealth should nurse practitioners be aware of?
  Journal for Nurse Practitioners, February 2018
• Diagnostic Errors: Impact of an Educational Intervention Could an educational intervention help increase provider knowledge regarding diagnostic errors and strategies to prevent them?
  Journal of Pediatric Health Care, February 2018
• Nurses in the Know: History and Future of Advance Directives Find out what nurses need to know in respect to the ethical and legal obligations of advance healthcare directives.
  OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, January 2018
• Lawsuits After Primary and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty A better understanding of the common reasons for malpractice claims after TKA could help reduce the number of malpractice suits.
  Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, December 2017
• Complications: Acknowledging, Managing, Coping With Error To err is human -- but many health care providers struggle with acknowledging medical mistakes and coping with the emotional effects.
  Translational Andrology and Urology, November 2017
• An Analysis of Malpractice Litigation in Plastic Surgery A new study examines the trends in malpractice litigation in plastic surgery and discusses the importance of expert witness testimony.
  ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery, November 2017
• Situational Awareness Errors and Brain Damage, Death Research finds that situational awareness errors may have contributed to catastrophic outcomes in most recent anesthesia malpractice claims.
  Anesthesiology, October 2017
• Informed Consent: Ethical and Legal Considerations As patient advocates, nurse practitioners can play a key role in the informed consent process. Find out the ethical and legal aspects to be aware of.
  Journal for Nurse Practitioners, March 2017
• Dumped: When Nursing Homes Abandon Patients to the Hospital The illegal practice of 'dumping' is a significant and distressing issue for nursing home residents and their families. What's the solution?
  American Nurse Today, December 2016
• Challenges of Early Feasibility Studies of Medical Devices How can the recently enacted U.S. Early Feasibility Study program for medical device testing be optimized to meet the goal of improving access to early-stage, potentially beneficial devices?
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology, November 2016
• Health Policy, Adolescent Marijuana Use, and Mental Health How might policy changes surrounding marijuana decriminalization and legalization impact the relationship between adolescent marijuana use and mental health?
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, June 2016