Category: Medical & Healthcare Evaluating Hospital Corporate Responsibilities in Medical Malpractice Cases TASA ID: 676 Medical malpractice cases require stringent and comprehensive clinical review, and attorneys always employ medical experts to review their cases. Often overlooked is the use of a hospital administration expert who can add significantly to the case by evaluating the corporate responsibilities of the hospital involved in the matter. Read more
Category: Medical & Healthcare When Is a Medical Plaintiff Likely to Fail? TASA ID: 3333 Most of my business as a hospitalist who offers medical expert services, and I'm one of the few who does, comes from attorneys asking if a suit is worth pursuing. Based on my experience, I can give you a few common-sense guidelines for spotting the unlikely suits before you and the client invest a lot of time and money. Read more
Category: Medical & Healthcare What the Heck is a Hospitalist? TASA ID: 3333 Hospitalists are the third most heavily recruited specialty in the country, right after family practice doctors and general surgeons. Hospitalists are doctors who take care of patients entirely or almost entirely as inpatients. They have no office practice (though a few are beginning to work in follow-up clinics for patients they cared for in the hospital), so they and their partners are available 24-7 for newly admitted patients and problems with patients already in the hospital. Read more
Category: Medical & Healthcare Safe Discharge from the Pediatric Emergency Department TASA ID: 1028 The future condition of pediatric patients discharged from the emergency department can never be guaranteed even when the diagnosis has been clearly defined. As a result, we are dependent on our clinical judgment of the patients' stability, as well as the understanding and capability of the parents in safely discharging pediatric patients. Up to 75% of patients/parents do not understand the instructions given at the time of emergency department discharge and not surprisingly almost all malpractice complaints arising from the emergency department have incomplete discharge instructions as a component.1 Read more
Category: Medical & Healthcare Medical Device Registration and Clearance is NOT the same as Approval TASA ID: 4338 Since 1976, the FDA has classified devices as low (1), medium (2) and high (3) risk.This article goes into detail about what medical device manufacturers are required to do to sell their products in the USA. I’ve been working on a case as an expert witness for a very experienced attorney. Our discussions made me realize that many of us are unaware of the details that separate a device tested in humans before being put on the market, from the vast majority of devices that are tested in the laboratory only and then sold. Read more
