Read the latest issue of Consumer Reports. About 2% of the doctors are responsible for about 50% of the malpractce claims. The medical industry and doctors clearly make no effort at self regulation and it is obvious that capping malpractice claims is just another sham.
Not surprising really. We had one OB doctor in town who had a string of baby and/or mother deaths on delivery They just settled settled settled and did not go after his license until he lost both a mother and a child during the same delivery when there was no possible way he could blame either or anybody or anything else. We also had a surgeon who had Hep C who intended to keep right on operating on people until his name was leaked to the press at which point only then did the hospital revoke his privileges despite them having known about this for some time.
It would be a mistake to cap malpractice claims. Bad doctors can be stopped, but you have to be aggressive.. Stay on the LLR Board.
Hospital errors are not the THIRD leading cause of death. That is JUST hospitals, not all malpractice. http://www.hospitalsafetyscore.org/...dleading-causeofdeathinus-improvementstooslow Yet it isn't even a political or social topic.
An exact quote from your link Washington, D.C., October 23, 2013 – New research estimates up to 440,000 Americans are dying annually from preventable hospital errors. This puts medical errors as the third leading cause of death in the United States, underscoring the need for patients to protect themselves and their families from harm, and for hospitals to make patient safety a priority.
You can go to your States medical association website and look up any doctor to see his complaints and then go to the licensing board to see if they are currently licensed or have any admonishments. Out can also call both organizations. It is the same as you can see about any attorney. My sister used an attorney that had a pending hearing for use of cocaine, he eventually lost his license. You can also check your state,district and county records to see if the doctor has had previous malpractice suits filed against him and the outcome. The simplest is to ask the doctor himself if he has ever been sued for malpractice , and his experience treating your problem.
You can blame the ambulance chasing lawyers and lawyers that take malpractice suits on contingency for the rising cost of malpractice insurance. They bet on the insurance company settling out of court because it costs more to defend the doctor and many doctors don't want to take the time to defend themselves. My husband was sued once in 39 years and I demanded he tell the insurance company he wanted to go to trial, because he was not guilty of malpractice. So he went to court and not giving you the lengthy details, the jury returned a not guilty verdict. The woman's lawyer took the case on contingency and had he won, he would have received more money than her. In my 40 years in the health care business I have seen a hand full of actual malpractice cases at the facilities i worked at and I was responsible for reviewing the patients medical records and presenting them to the courts. When real malpractice occurs the entire staff want the patient or their family paid and in the majority of cases so does the treating doctor or surgeon.malpractice means the heath care provider strayed from the normal procedure. Often patients sue because they had a poor outcome. So if the physician, surgeon followed the standard treatment and the patient failedn to follow the orders given or the instructions given post op, the physician is not at fault. That is why you should fill your prescriptions and take as directed, follow post operative instructions and show to up scheduled appointments. And always remember that all surgery is dangerous and outcomes not guaranteed and that is why you should get a second opinion before undergoing any surgery. - - - Updated - - - You can blame the ambulance chasing lawyers and lawyers that take malpractice suits on contingency for the rising cost of malpractice insurance. They bet on the insurance company settling out of court because it costs more to defend the doctor and many doctors don't want to take the time to defend themselves. My husband was sued once in 39 years and I demanded he tell the insurance company he wanted to go to trial, because he was not guilty of malpractice. So he went to court and not giving you the lengthy details, the jury returned a not guilty verdict. The woman's lawyer took the case on contingency and had he won, he would have received more money than her. In my 40 years in the health care business I have seen a hand full of actual malpractice cases at the facilities i worked at and I was responsible for reviewing the patients medical records and presenting them to the courts. When real malpractice occurs the entire staff want the patient or their family paid and in the majority of cases so does the treating doctor or surgeon.malpractice means the heath care provider strayed from the normal procedure. Often patients sue because they had a poor outcome. So if the physician, surgeon followed the standard treatment and the patient failedn to follow the orders given or the instructions given post op, the physician is not at fault. That is why you should fill your prescriptions and take as directed, follow post operative instructions and show to up scheduled appointments. And always remember that all surgery is dangerous and outcomes not guaranteed and that is why you should get a second opinion before undergoing any surgery.
