MedMal Insider

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MedMal Insider episodes

June 02, 2021 Lack of Preparation, Safety Culture, Contributed to Loss of Baby
This OB patient’s risk factors were not adequately considered, and the team’s failure to follow protocols and secure back-up contributed to a lawsuit and a settlement of over $1 million.
10 min
March 05, 2021 Unclear Discharge Instructions, Patient Loses Foot
A patient alleged that a dressing was applied too tightly, compromising the circulation and resulting in a gangrenous foot, requiring amputation and resulting in a lawsuit.
11 min
February 28, 2021 Unclear Discharge Instructions, Patient Loses Foot
In a lawsuit naming the Emergency Medicine physician and a nurse, the patient alleged that a dressing was applied too tightly, compromising the circulation and resulting in a gangrenous foot, requiring amputation. Despite an eventual defense verdict, some lessons show how to prevent this bad clinical result and a five-year legal ordeal.
11 min
January 25, 2021 Getting Clinicians in Lawsuits to Care for Themselves is Hard
How a clinician is coping with the impact of being sued can be a significant factor in how effective he or she is as a defendant. But getting clinicians to accept help is often a challenge.
6 min
December 17, 2020 Woman Dies from Post-op Stroke When Anticoagulant Not Restarted
Restarting heparin was not in the post-op instructions. In a lawsuit naming four physicians, the patient's estate alleged negligent failure to restart anticoagulation, resulting in a stroke and ultimately, her death. The case was settled for more than a million.
11 min
October 08, 2020 Young Patient, Flawed Test, Fatal Delay in Colon CA Diagnosis
Despite multiple visits to her PCP with similar complaints over years, this young patient did not get a timely diagnosis of colon cancer and died. Dr. Carla Ford looks at the testing, communication among providers, and some diagnostic insights for the next patient.
8 min
July 23, 2020 “What Else Might This Be?” Might Have Saved PE Patient
A typical urgent care decision needed a simple re-thinking in this fatal PE case.
15 min
July 20, 2020 “What Else Might This Be?” Might Have Saved PE Patient
A fatal PE misdiagnosis may have gone wrong from the very beginning. With analysis based on closed claims in the Harvard medical system, urgent care specialist Jonathan Einbinder explores ways an ordinary case with a tragic outcome might be prevented in the future.
15 min
April 02, 2020 A Forgotten Stent and Unclear Responsibility for Follow Up
The patient sued his oncologist and the hospital, claiming they mismanaged his post-op recovery when a stent was left behind for a year, leading to complications that required additional surgery.
10 min
March 01, 2020 Nothing is “Routine” for an Anxious Patient or Family
A practice struggled to satisfy the family of a boy after two years of primary care and a misunderstanding
9 min