By Sandra G. Boodman When Donna Helen Crisp, a 59-year-old nursing professor, entered a North Carolina teaching hospital for a routine hysterectomy in 2007, she expected ...

When a woman had gall bladder surgery at a Massachusetts hospital in 2013, doctors noticed something suspicious on a CT scan that they thought could ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Malpractice reform may not keep physicians from ordering unnecessary and expensive tests, a practice known ...

By Daniel M. Bernick, JD, MBA  For years and years, malpractice “tail” has been a thorn in the side of medical practices and their physician ...

By Nicholas Gaudiosi I’ve thought for months about how to write this article and actually get my point across without sounding like a psychic, because ...

By Barton L. Post Having witnessed the effects of several “malpractice crises”, I am anxious to avoid another. I have had the privilege of defending ...

Now is a good time to re-visit the question of what should a physician look for in placing his or her professional liability coverage. A commitment to manage risk and manage claims is a key factor in a physician's choice.

A liability by contract proposal to get medical malpractice out of the courts.

Your evidence can help you to avoid a judgment or at least avoid a severe award. Your evidence (or lack of it) is also what causes a plaintiff’s attorney to take on a plaintiff’s case in the first place.

The good news is that we understand more than ever before how to impact this liability. The open question is, Will we do anything about it? Two of the leading the areas of risk are physician-patient relationship and appropriate disclosure after an adverse event.