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How to Avoid Malpractice Suits

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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 child who is running a fever or the father who’s … Read more

A Message to Colleagues: What I’ve Learned

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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 my doctor assures me actuarially I am not in the twilight in my life. But, this is what I’ve learned, so far.

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Great Advice from Patient Advocate

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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 of doctor being influenced by someone who was just ticked … Read more

Noted Rater of Restaurants Brings Its Touch to Medicine – NY Times

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We continue to espouse the dangers of sites where patients can “rate” doctors. Medical care is simply far too complicated for such a simplistic approach. Today’s New York Times article “Noted Rater of Restaurants Brings Its Touch to Medicine” by Milt Freudenheim, discusses the Zagat-Wellpoint venture into a doctor ratings guide. The article cites Medical … Read more

Kevin MD

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Kevin MD writes today about our thoughts on reforming health care. Check out the post at; http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/02/universal-care-increasing-patient.html

Healthcare Reform in 2009: Just What The Doctor Ordered

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I often attend health policy discussions. I am usually the only physician in the room. My colleagues lament they just do not have time to make their voices heard. As healers, our first duty is to care of the sick and disabled; and to provide comfort when we have little else to offer. I hope the public will listen to one doctor’s voice.

We have many problems to solve: access to healthcare for the uninsured; affordable premiums for those with coverage; outcomes that provide value and keep patients safe. These goals can be realized.

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Limiting Exposure to Medical Malpractice Claims and Defamatory Cyber Postings via Patient Contracts

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Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Volume 467, Number 2 / February, 2009; Pages 427-433 By: Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD, FACS and Michael Sacopulos, JD Full article located at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/l70470072p905200/?p=d3a3c9ac51be47b0a29d3cdf9fe67fb2&pi=14 Abstract The documents patients sign on admission to a medical practice can constitute a legal contract. Medical practices around the country are attempting to use these … Read more

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