Medicolegal Issues
Medicolegal Issues
Suing patients: Medical, ethical, and legal considerations
Making sure medical debt collection policies reflect your hospital’s mission
Although it is common to read about patients...
Medicolegal Issues
Embryo mix-up debacles: Is there liability?
A discussion of IVF-related injuries and the evolving legal considerations
Medicolegal Issues
The Supreme Court and reproductive rights
A case-by-case review of the evolution of reproductive rights leading to the ongoing controversial Texas abortion law and review
Article
The Supreme Court 2020‒2021: What will affect ObGyns?
Despite restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court had a productive term. Here is what is important to note.
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Genetic testing and the future of cerebral palsy malpractice cases
Would genetic testing have prevented this lawsuit?
CASE Mixed CP diagnosed at age 6 months...
Medicolegal Issues
Is there liability if you don’t test for BRCA?
Cases involving missed BRCA testing are increasing. Could you be exposing yourself to unnecessary risk if you don’t...
Medicolegal Issues
Home pregnancy tests—Is ectopic always on your mind?
When a patient presents to the ED reporting early pregnancy and intermittent vaginal bleeding, failure to evaluate for ectopic pregnancy can...
Clinical Review
Telemedicine: Navigating legal issues
Some legal concerns and caveats of using telemedicine, as well as a prediction for the future of virtual health care
In the...
Medicolegal Issues
The apology in medicine—yes, no, or maybe?
The ethics of, the laws behind, and the effective apology
Medicolegal Issues
ObGyn malpractice liability risk: 2020 developments and probabilities
Paid medical malpractice claims have trended downward in recent decades. Why?
Medicolegal Issues
Medical malpractice: Its evolution to today’s risk of the “big verdict”
Those who practice unreasonably risky medicine are few and far between, but they drive up medical malpractice claims paid as well as insurance...