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Michael J. Sacopulos, Esq. It was tennis star Andre Agassi that said “Image is everything.” Okay, he overstated it, but Andre did have a point. Image matters. But does it matter for an expert review of a patient’s chart in evaluating a potential medical malpractice … Read more
The Next Legal Frontier: Opening the Floodgates for Veterinary Malpractice
Jeff Segal, MD, JD, FACS A story from WHYY Philadelphia News caught our attention. Philadelphia resident David Siff took his sick cat to the veterinarian. The doctor’s diagnosis: fur ball; which did not seem right, at least to Siff. Nonetheless, Siff deferred to the vet’s … Read more
Supply and Demand, Healthcare Style
As we consider ways to improve health care and its costs in this country, perhaps we should be thinking of physicians as the valuable economic resource to society that they are. We clearly have an impending shortage of physicians to address the demographic tsunami – … Read more
Informed Spousal Consent: A Great Idea Worth Spreading
Jeff Segal, MD, JD, FACS I was thumbing through General Surgery News recently and read an article espousing a great idea; an idea worth spreading. Philip Schaurer, MD, and Jim Saxton, Esq. wrote about adding a spouse’s name to the informed consent document. Informed consent, … Read more
Your Mother Was Right
Michael J. Sacopulos, Esq. Doctors are busy, enough said. The problem is too many doctors are not getting enough sleep. According to a recent New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) article “sleep deprivation adversely affects clinical performance and impairs psychomotor performance as severely as alcohol … Read more
Bill to Make Doctors Histories Available Moves to Senate
Bill to make detailed IL doctors’ histories available moves to Senate According to a recent Chicago Tribune article, a bill (Patients’ Right to Know Act) in Illinois that has already made its way through the House and is on its way to the Senate could … Read more
Rating Sites and the Worst Possible Interpretation Part II
This is part II of Rating Sites Sometimes Err on the Side of the Worst Possible Interpretation Jeff Segal, MD, JD, FACS Doctor B.’s record was blemished on a separate rating site. The blemish: “Doctor B. was sanctioned in the past”; sanction being defined as … Read more
Rating Sites Sometimes Err on the Side of the Worst Possible Interpretation
Doctor Rating Sites Sometimes Err on the Side of the Worst Possible Interpretation Jeff Segal, MD, JD, FACS These two vignettes involve real Medical Justice plan members; both talented physicians. Rating sites tarred these innocent bystanders, courtesy of their respective licensing Board of Medicines. Medical … Read more
Voir Dire – Jury Selection Process
Voir Dire – Medical Malpractice Jury Selection Process Joseph Horton, MD They called me for jury duty last week. As luck had it, there was only one jury trial in court and I didn’t get picked for it. But since I find the experience instructive—and … Read more
Gone But Not Forgotten: The Curious Dormancy of Metadata
Gone But Not Forgotten: The Curious Dormancy of Metadata Peter G. Yelkovac, Attorney at Law Medical students are taught that certain viruses tend to take refuge in cells and live a latent existence long after symptoms have cleared. In many cases, such viruses remain dormant … Read more
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