The medical malpractice system is broken: Who really benefits?

Today, a doctor’s chance of being sued for medical malpractice is 8.5 percent per year. The chance that the lawsuit is frivolous, meaning the alleged injury is from a random error of nature and not from an accidental medical error, is 66.6 percent. Complications are inevitable. Medical errors occur during medical interventions. So do random Read more… The medical malpractice system is broken: Who really benefits? originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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The medical malpractice system is broken: Who really benefits?

Today, a doctor’s chance of being sued for medical malpractice is 8.5 percent per year. The chance that the lawsuit is frivolous, meaning the alleged injury is from a random error of nature and not from an accidental medical error, is 66.6 percent. Complications are inevitable. Medical errors occur during medical interventions. So do random

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The medical malpractice system is broken: Who really benefits? originally appeared in KevinMD.com.