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Patient Type: half of cases involved an ambulatory care patient, but inpatient cases are more costly.

Case Type: surgery-related allegations are the most common, but cases alleging diagnostic failure represent the greatest financial loss.

Injury Severity: 38% of cases involve a high-severity injury to the patient (including death).

Diagnosis: cancers account for more than a quarter of these cases, and lung cancer tops the list.

Disposition: 31% of cases closed with indemnity payment (3% with payment over $1 million).

PODCAST

Joy as a Cure for Clinician Burnout

Doctors and nurses deserve to have joy in their work. More than that, the happiness of clinicians is essential to good patient care. Move pebbles, not mountains...

How to Listen to Podcasts Wherever You Go

Remember the old days, when we used to send you a CD every other month? (Or maybe you even remember the cassette tapes!) Now, you can access our podcasts at the gym, on the train, or in your car. You can take it with you...

OB Guidelines: Updated

A multi-disciplinary team of obstetrical care providers reviewed and revised the guidelines, and added new ones related to maternal early warning systems and therapeutic hypothermia. Take the updated test...

ONLINE CME

Emergency Medicine: Know Your Risks?

How do you navigate complex systems in EM while providing safe care? What are the most frequent reasons EM physicians are named in a malpractice case? What can you do to mitigate your risk of being sued? Get the answers and earn CME...

Interventional Radiology Guidelines

As the field of interventional radiology evolves, new risks for patients—and their caregivers—are emerging. Procedural areas now effectively function as satellite ORs. Safety practices must evolve as well...