by Medical Justice | Apr 11, 2023 | Legal, Medical Justice Articles, Patient Safety
Medical Justice provides free consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We...
by Medical Justice | Jan 23, 2022 | Patient Safety
Medical Justice provides free consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We...
by Medical Justice | Jun 16, 2021 | Patient Safety
A medical practice is no battleground. But sometimes it feels like one. Patient conflict is one of the many occupational hazards of practicing medicine. It is critical doctors and nurses (and all staff) understand how to de-escalate patient conflict before there is a...
by Medical Justice | Jun 15, 2020 | Patient Safety
Patient conflict bites. “I expected you to make me better. You made me worse. I’m thinking about speaking to an attorney. Also, I want the whole world to know so they can be forewarned.” Yikes. Doctors want to treat as many patients as reasonably...
by Medical Justice | Apr 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Patient Safety
I’ve received a number of calls from doctors whose offices have slowed down. Elective cases have been cancelled. But these same doctors have years of experience. They want to help screen and inform patients about COVID-19. There’s a tsunami of misinformation...
by Medical Justice | Mar 16, 2020 | Patient Safety
As I write this, we are reading in the news about potential quarantines and lockdowns. In addition, there’s talk about canceling all elective surgical cases, leaving hospital operating rooms empty so beds will be available to take care of those affected by...