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
Medical Justice CEO and Founder Dr. Jeff Segal’s featured interview on NPR’s “On the Media” and “Talk of the Nation”
Click here to listen or to read the transcript
Great Advice from Patient Advocate
Patient advocate Trisha Torrey has some great advice about doctor rating sites. In a recent post she writes, “take other patients’ reviews with a grain of salt. We patients may be great at determining how nice a doctor is, but do you want your choice … Read more
Balancing Shared Interests of Patients and Doctors
This week, the national media continued its coverage of our services to protect physicians from Internet defamation. Several of these stories used the attention-grabbing headline of “gag order.” This statement could not be farther from the truth. Mutual privacy agreements do not create a choice … Read more
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