“The American Medical Association’s president, Jesse Ehrenfeld, recently called the physician shortage a “public health crisis.””

Here is the link to the story in Kaiser.

More Patients Are Losing Their Doctors — And Trust in the Primary Care System

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Health law plays a crucial role in the field of medicine, as it dictates appropriate practices, regulations, and rights and responsibilities for healthcare professionals and patients. Despite this undeniable relationship, there is a lack of focus on health law, and an outdated hidden curriculum in medical education has perpetuated long-standing negative perceptions of the legal system.

The link to the peer reviewed article is found just below:

Medical Law and Medical School Curricula: A Systematic Review

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US Doctors Unionizing

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The nurse practitioner will see you now.

It’s not the phrase most people are accustomed to hearing, but it’s increasingly the case, with patients more likely than ever to see providers with advanced degrees, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, instead of doctors.

Link is here:

Physician assistant, nurse practitioner or doctor: What patients should know

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In a 49-page opinion comparing the saga to both a traditional opera and a TV soap opera, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Philip J. Ignelzi said that while rival doctors Jonathan D’Cunha and Lara Schaheen may have surreptitiously recorded Dr. James Luketich as he discussed his suboxone prescription with his doctor in a surgical observation room in February 2018, he could not have expected the conversation to be secret and protected from disclosure under Pennsylvania’s law against wiretapping. Suboxone is a combination of a narcotic pain medication with an opioid blocker and is used to treat opiate addiction.

“As established by additional circumstantial evidence and inference, the backdoor to room G212 was open to some degree during the entirety of the conversation,” Judge Ignelzi said in his opinion. Finding that Luketich did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy, Judge Ignelzi concluded that “there was no violation of the Pennsylvania Wiretap Act.”

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“Taking a broader view of the relationship between RMF and Burke, we emphasize that those parties deliberately chose to use the term ’employee’ in their agreement,” the appeals court said. “They could have used the term ‘independent contractor,’ but they did not.”

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A jury has awarded $8.5 million to the wife and estate of a patient who died after a routine knee-replacement surgery at a private surgical practice based in Glastonbury.

In many cases, anesthesia is the culprit in such shocking outcomes but in this case it was the failure to detect and treat a fatal blood clot that caused the death.

Here is the link:

Jury awards $8.5M verdict in medical malpractice lawsuit against Connecticut orthopedic practice

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Social inflation, nuclear verdicts (those which surpass $10 million or more), and other factors are driving up claims costs. Even if a judge or jury award doesn’t reach nuclear level, excess verdicts—those which are over a policy limit—can be a major burden for doctors and hospitals. Recent high claims costs have contributed to increases in liability insurance rates, and premiums are one of many factors making it unaffordable for doctors to operate solo practices.

Here’s the link

https://riskandinsurance.com/3-plaintiffs-attorney-tactics-driving-excess-medical-malpractice-verdicts-and-how-to-counter-them/

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Black boxes on airplanes record detailed information about flights. Now, a technology that goes by the same name and captures just about everything that goes on in an operating room during a surgery is making its way into hospitals.

Here is the link:

Hospital ‘Black Boxes’ Put Surgical Practices Under the Microscope: Hospitals have begun to use the technology to help reduce medical errors and improve patient safety.

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“The AMA strongly believes patients should have access to reliable information about physicians, and state regulatory agencies are best positioned to offer well-balanced information to help patients make informed decisions about physicians,” an AMA spokesperson said in a statement.

Trial lawyers shouldn’t be the only ones with access to relevant information about the background of your medical doctors and hospitals. Consumers need access to this information in order to protect themselves and their families.

Here is the link.

Most extensive database for doctor misconduct is unviewable to public

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