Protecting Medical Professionals: Quick and Comprehensive Malpractice Information

You drive yourself to deliver great patient care, but can you prove it?
Use this site to build protections for your good practice before it is tested.
The largest online resource for malpractice defense.

The malpractice litigation crisis challenges you on two different fronts. It is said that every doctor will be sued about every 10 years, and high risk specialties every 2-3 years. It will affect your practice and your personal life. More lawsuits and more jackpot verdicts fuel the crisis, so that some areas report higher paid losses than collected premiums. Tort reform has lost many rounds, and even the wins can be eviscerated by court decisions. Contributing to this are many web sites aiding lawyers, or soliciting patients to sue. This site is dedicated to the premise that while we wait for real reform, the best education of our practice may be the best real protection. It complements the new reform efforts. Nowdays, good patient care and good proof of it go hand in hand.

While practicing good medicine is the key preventive principle, it falls short because lawsuits and related problems are not usually due to malpractice. They also involve a language and a culture in law separate in many ways from medical practice. Additional complicated challenges in patient relationships and the gap between how medical care is given and how it appears from the medical record play a large role. And the "expert witness" may establish a surprising standard of care. Combining good medicine with a good defensible documentation is a special skill with needs not fully taught during training. It is too costly to learn it in a trial. Here, you can cover this material in a practical and organized way with less time and cost.

Choosing and Using Insurance.
Malpractice Insurance is the first key in your defense, but you may need more on your ring. From insurance problems in coverage to unplanned additional costs such as a personal attorney it is best to prepare now, or at least understand how things may evolve.
Prevent Litigation and Credentialing Issues, which can have causes beyond malpractice. Office practice and clinical records, a defendable standard of care in the chart, and your Doctor-Patient Relationship are each different challenges.
A Warning of a Case can present you with the most powerful point of malpractice prevention. one you don't want to lose. Consider our suggestions, and also avoid special entangling issues that lead to disasters.
If a Suit Appears, notify your carrier. But then don't just wait. Prepare for deposition tactics and tricks. Be alert to technicalities that can invalidate a suit. And systematically prevent issues about licensing, billing, and credentials.
Trial Preparation requires new skills, from working with your defense attorney to focusing on the plaintiff's approach.
Prevailing In The Courtroom as a defendant is a different art, neither like hospital peer review nor expert witness testimony. Do you know what the plaintiff's attorney is doing? How does the jury views you and decide?.
After The Trial's Judgment you should have closure, but not always.
From licensure, to credentials, to asset protection, there could be more to defend.

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While we wait for tort reform, you can reform your defenses now.

This site cannot give specific case advice, because each situation and locale is unique, but it works to be sure you ask the right questions, and take the key steps.