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2 months ago | 
kevinmd.com | Curtis G. Graham |Kasey M. Johnson |Damane Zehra |Howard Smith
Most physicians subconsciously know there are many significant and persistent challenges to their ability to reach their ultimate medical practice potential. Coupled with the intense pressure all physicians are increasingly being forced to tolerate over decades of independent medical practice, they gradually become indentured servants of the medical-industrial complex.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Damane Zehra |Bethany Silverman |Michele Luckenbaugh |Howard Smith
My mom won’t be home that weekendSince it was a Sunday, I told my dad that I needed to wake up early for work, so he should wake me up in the morning. My mom and dad have very different approaches to waking up their children. My mom’s approach is more aggressive. She shouts at the top of her lungs, turns on the light, and snatches the quilt from us. Sometimes, she curses or cries, blaming us for making her life miserable. On some days, she even pours water on my face.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Howard Smith |Robert Laszewski |Susan Bornstein |Joe Mandato
Of note, today, of all days, when the Supreme Court of the United States is to consider state bans on treatments for gender-affirming care of transsexual youths, virtually every internet site on the subject is blocked. Nevertheless, I am a medical student in 1967. I do not need the internet; I lived through the beginning of gender-affirming care. My memory is clear. I am reminded of the story of Dr. John Money, a psychologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
businessandamerica.com | Howard Smith
There are one million physicians practicing medicine in the United States. No medical intervention they recommend is immune from a complication. The exact number of complications is unknown. Some are medical errors inherent to the intervention, while others are random errors of nature caused by external factors. When you add to this the fact that there are more lawyers in the United States today than ever before, something has to give. There are approximately 64,000 personal injury law firms.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Howard Smith |Molly Walker |Eric Tian |Natalie Enyedi
There are one million physicians practicing medicine in the United States. No medical intervention they recommend is immune from a complication. The exact number of complications is unknown. Some are medical errors inherent to the intervention, while others are random errors of nature caused by external factors. When you add to this the fact that there are more lawyers in the United States today than ever before, something has to give. There are approximately 64,000 personal injury law firms.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Howard Smith
A medical liability litigation industrial complex manipulates medical liability litigation with three talking points. As a result, 85,000 lawsuits are filed per year. Of these, 56,000 are summarily dropped; 28,000 are settled; 300 are plaintiff verdicts, and 700 are defense verdicts. The cost of health care is $60 billion per year, and the medical liability litigation industrial complex takes a chunk of the action. There is considerable uncertainty. Facilities close because of it.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Howard Smith
Data indicates that there are 85,000 malpractice lawsuits filed per year. This is the status quo. What if the status quo is worse? There are other data showing that 85,000 is only the number of lawsuits represented by lawyers. There are 3.065 million additional claims that lawyers do not represent. The total could be 3.15 million. Plaintiff lawyers agree that, for every 37 cases that cross their desks, 36 are summarily dismissed. This is consistent with 3.15 million potential cases.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Howard Smith |Christine Zharova |Oscar Chen |Sera Choi
There are 85,000 medical malpractice lawsuits filed per year. There are 1 million physicians. Therefore, your odds as a doctor for being sued for malpractice are 8.5 percent per year, which corresponds to one lawsuit every 12 years. To make matters worse, two-thirds of lawsuits have questionable merit. A malpractice lawsuit is inevitable because a complication is inevitable. It just takes one complication.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Howard Smith |Nicholas Bellacicco |Christine Zharova |Oscar Chen
Fundamental in a medical malpractice lawsuit is determining whether an unfortunate outcome is an error of nature or a medical error. An error of nature results from a medical intervention that aligns with the standard of care. A medical error, on the other hand, results from a medical intervention that departs from the standard of care. The problem in medical malpractice is that errors of nature can be random occurrences even when a medical intervention complies with the standard of care.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Howard Smith |Cindy Thompson |Patricia McTiernan |Jim Sholler
Primum non nocere, “first, do no harm,” is the prime directive of medical ethics for all physicians. It is also the first thing that comes into question when maleficence by a doctor is suspected. The standard of care is how any prudent and competent practitioner should exercise their duty to, “first, do no harm,” when managing a specific medical condition. The standard of care is empirical and adjusts to circumstances that present at the initiation of, or during the course of, a patient encounter.
