On Healthcare Reform: Moderation (I’ll take my half from the middle.)
We can all support prevention and wellness programs. Informed, motivated patients will create a healthier society and reduce the financial burden placed on the system. Likewise, proposals that address patient’s concerns over insurance portability and the elimination of pre-existing condition restrictions can find common ground on both sides of the aisle and in the doctor’s office.
Medical Justice on CNN – Aug 6, 2009
Medical Justice CEO and Founder Dr. Jeff Segal will appear on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight, Thursday night, August 6 at 7 pm (EDT). Dr. Segal is scheduled to debate a trial attorney on medical liability reform.
Defensive Medicine–The Problem and One Solution
By: Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD, FACS August 2009 Download Defensive_Medicine_Fact_Sheet_2009-08-26
On The Doctor’s Side in a Medical Malpractice Suit
It has been well documented, (and by none less than the Mayo Clinic,) that stress and depression take a toll on both the physician and his patients. Medical malpractice suits, whether founded or baseless, extract a huge price from the targeted physician. For starters, he … Read more
Legal Remedies for Online Defamation of Physicians
By: Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD, FACS; Michael J. Sacopulos, JD; Domingo J. Rivera, JD July 1, 2009 Download Legal_Remedies_Online_Defamation_Physicians
Doctors Who Murder
A second year medical student at Boston University, Phillip Markoff, was charged with murdering a woman at a luxury Boston hotel. Allegedly, Markoff met the woman after answering her ad for “masseuse services” in Craigslist. When a physician (or student doctor) is charged with murder, … Read more
Juiced Jurors
We are supposed to be tried by a jury of our peers. While it would be nice to have 12 doctors sitting in the jury box, if that ever happens, it will qualify as a case report. Nonetheless, a cottage industry has emerged to define … Read more
The Role of the Internet in Doctor Performance Rating
Pain Physician Journal; May/June 2009 By: Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD, FACS Download Role_of_Internet_in_doctor_performance_rating_Pain_Physician_2009-May_
How to Avoid Malpractice Suits
What you don’t do to head off malpractice claims can be as critical as what you do Medical Economics April 2009 By: Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD, FACS Nothing’s worse than having the first appointment of your day interrupted by an unpleasant surprise. Instead of the … Read more
A Message to Colleagues: What I’ve Learned
Esquire Magazine features a regular column called “What I’ve Learned.” There, a celebrity or a leader in his field, and often in the twilight of his life, reels off a collection of pearls, some well polished, some of little value. I am not famous and … Read more
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