While we have written about electronic medical records (EMRs) (or electronic healthcare records (EHRs) as some like to say) quite a bit here at MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com, there continues to be more and more to write about –especially within the realm of liability and liability coverage. In the past, we have written extensively about data breaches as […]

No one is arguing that electronic health records are not the future of healthcare. Since the passage of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, the federal government has been using financial incentives to coax physicians and other healthcare workers into purchasing and employing electronic health records. The government and most health experts agree […]

A new, large-scale study was released last week by The Doctors Company. The Doctors Company is one of the liability companies that we work with most often here at MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com and it is worth listening when they have something to say. They are one of the largest national med mal insurance companies, with an excellent […]

The Supreme Court of Utah just opened a giant can of worms in regard to medical professional liability. And those worms could be a harbinger of rising medical malpractice insurance rates for the state’s physician and surgeon communities. On Feb. 28, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that healthcare providers have a duty to consider how […]

I recently read about a study on ScienceDaily.com that reviewed a study published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. The study aimed at investigating a long-held belief by many physicians that poor patients are more likely to sue their physicians for med mal. The study looked at med mal data, including med mal claims and […]

James Woods recently testified before the Rhode Island General Assembly in favor of apology-in-medicine legislation. That’s right, the acclaimed American film, stage and television actor extraordinaire is a proponent of apology in medicine. Apology in medicine in not a new concept, but in the context of medical adverse events and unanticipated outcomes, an apology has […]

We understand that physicians do not like having to deal with getting med mal policies –much less having to use it. However, should the statistic that every physician will be sued for med mal at least once in his or her career, become reality for you, the article I read today could be of great […]

I recently came across an interesting, though not entirely surprising, study via the Huffington Post. The study, entitled, “Survey Shows That At Least Some Physicians Are Not Always Open Or Honest With Patients,” was recently published in the February Health Affairs journal. One of the most significant reasons physicians cited for not always being forthright […]

I recently read an article in the New York Times, entitled, “Ear Doctors Performing Face-Lifts? It Happens.” I can’t believe that we haven’t come across this topic sooner in our discussions here of med mal. With insurance reimbursement rates going down, down, down, it is no surprise that physicians are branching out and finding more […]