by Medical Justice | Jan 22, 2020 | Patient Safety, Podcast
On this episode of the Medical Liability Minute, Medical Justice Founder and CEO, Jeff Segal, MD, JD, and neurosurgeon Joseph Stern, MD, FACS, discuss neurosurgery. Neurosurgeons (and surgeons in general) have a reputation for being cold. Deserved or not, the...
by Medical Justice | Dec 10, 2019 | Patient Safety
In the US, we have never had so many college graduates. Presumably, they can read. And I get that consent forms used by physicians and hospitals need to be readable for all patients. So, a recent study grabbed my attention. The key finding: In this nationwide...
by Medical Justice | Oct 14, 2019 | Patient Safety
We have all heard of some doctors refusing to care for the sickest patients because embracing such a risk could impact their outcome statistics. Colloquially known as cherry-picking. Risk adjustment should address that concern. Yet, it still happens.Here’s a new one....
by Medical Justice | Sep 21, 2019 | Patient Safety
When I was a resident, one attending asserted he’d rather have a resident at bedside making the evaluation than Harvey Cushing (the father of neurosurgery) at home. Technology has improved and, today, diagnoses can often be made remotely. Still, when a nurse beckons,...
by Medical Justice | Aug 22, 2019 | Patient Safety
Physician-patient relationships end for numerous reasons. The reality is often a mundane affair. Objectives change. The patient’s care develops. Sometimes a change of scenery is necessary. Still – physicians are human, and humans are bound by limitations. We have a...
by Medical Justice | Aug 20, 2018 | Patient Safety
Sometimes the little things matter just as much as the big ones. They can create downstream problems that were never anticipated. We recently heard from a surgeon in Ohio. He was performing an office-based procedure. An employee was looking for the doctor. She...
