Medicolegal Issues
Medicolegal Issues
Postpartum life-threatening strep infection
Notable judgements and settlements
News
Law & Medicine: Which doctors get sued?
Medicolegal Issues
Failure to find breast cancer; later diagnosed at Stage 3
Notable judgements and settlements
Medicolegal Issues
Stroke during delivery: $35.4M verdict
Notable judgements and settlements
Medicolegal Issues
Endometrial cancer after unopposed estrogen: $7.5M
Notable judgements and settlements
Medicolegal Issues
6 Supreme Court decisions that affected ObGyns in 2015
While we are clinicians, and patient care is first and foremost, staying up to date on relevant Supreme Court cases can be of importance to our...
Medicolegal Issues
Patient denies consent to endometriosis treatment
Notable judgements and settlements
Medicolegal Issues
Signs of chorioamnionitis ignored? $3.5M settlement
Notable judgments and settlements
News
Malpractice premiums flat in 2015, but changes could be ahead
Physicians paid about the same in medical liability insurance premiums in 2015 as they did in 2014. A nationwide survey of insurers by the Medical...
Medicolegal Issues
Postpartum preeclampsia, mother dies: $6.9M settlement
Notable judgments and settlements
News
HHS: Expand antidiscrimination protections to transgender patients
Transgender patients who receive health care via government programs or funding must receive equal access to treatments and insurance coverage,...