Medical Malpractice and Legal Issues Journal Articles

• Grading of Physicians During Training and Thereafter This brief essay reflects on many aspects of the process of grading of physicians--the anxiety, stresses, potential biases, and how to best deal with them.
  Southern Medical Journal, September 12, 2023
• Proper Documentation Protects Patients and Your License This article provides helpful tips for providing complete and accurate nursing documentation in the EHR.
  American Nurse Journal, August 28, 2023
• Med Check' Appointments: How to Minimize Your Malpractice Risk What factors should be considered for reducing the risk of malpractice related to brief "med checks"--short follow-up appointments for psychiatric outpatient medication management?
  Current Psychiatry, February 22, 2023
• Charting Practices to Protect Against Malpractice Incomplete and inaccurate medical documentation leaves physicians vulnerable to malpractice claims. This article offers charting strategies to help minimize the risk.
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, October 12, 2022
• Medical Malpractice and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy This paper explores malpractice as it relates to gastroenterologists, including historical trends and specific vulnerabilities. How can the gastroenterologist best manage risk while delivering care?
  Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, August 22, 2022
• Rabies in a Dog Imported From Azerbaijan This report of rabies in an inadequately vaccinated dog from Azerbaijan highlights the risk of importing dog-maintained rabies virus variants into the U.S. despite apparently proper documentation.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, August 12, 2022
• Headache Neuroimaging: Current Practice and Barriers Is neuroimaging overused for patients with headache? This survey aimed to better understand current practice, clinician understanding and attitudes, and barriers to optimal headache neuroimaging.
  Headache, February 17, 2022
• Overcoming Clinical Bias Despite progress being made on this front, clinical bias and pay discrepancies continue to exist in the nursing profession.
  Nursing Economics, December 14, 2021
• Treating Depression in Pregnant Women: Avoiding Malpractice The risks of untreated depression in pregnancy must be weighed against the potential risks of medication. How should patients be counseled when medication is deemed necessary?
  Current Psychiatry, December 02, 2021
• Medicare Reimbursement Rates for Plastic Surgery Procedures How have the Medicare reimbursement rates for the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedures changed in recent years?
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, May 24, 2021
• ED and Urgent Care Medical Malpractice Claims 2001-15 A new review examines recent malpractice claims originating from emergency departments and urgent care centers. What are the common factors?
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, April 22, 2021
• Overcoming Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine in African Americans The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the inequities in heath care among people of color. How can we overcome the mistrust of African Americans in the healthcare system and the COVID-19 vaccine?
  American Journal of Public Health, April 02, 2021
• Stent Cases and the Criminalization of Medical Judgment In this editorial, the author questions the validity of judging stent-related malpractice cases by the "70/30 Rule." What's the rationale behind it, and is there empirical evidence to back it up?
  Circulation, February 07, 2020
• Current Difficult Airway Management--Not Good Enough! Have updated practice guidelines and refined airway management devices and techniques improved patient outcomes in difficult tracheal intubations? A new study finds there's much room for improvement.
  Anesthesiology, October 04, 2019
• Meeting the Challenge of Difficult Staffing Decisions Find out how to prepare for and address issues related to low staffing.
  American Nurse Journal, August 30, 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 21, 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 14, 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 05, 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 24, 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 06, 2018