In The News: Medical Professional Liability

Social Inflation is Exceeding Economic Inflation in Growing US Liability Claims
Published September 2024; Artemis; Steve Evans

11th Circuit Rejects 'Sole Purpose' Argument as Basis for Denying Privilege Protections Under Patient Safety Act
Published June 6, 2024; Katen Muchin Rosenman LLP

$32.5M to Family of Baby Who Suffered Brain Damage During Birth
Published April 18, 2024; Health Exec; Chad Van Alstin

Mega Malpractice Verdicts Against Physicians on the Rise
Published February 2, 2024; Medscape Medical News; Alicia Gallegos

$200M+ in Damages: Florida's Johns Hopkins All Children's Found Liable
November 9, 2023; Florida Politics

SCAM ALERT: Targeting Physicians & Other Health Care Providers
HEIC Staff

Expert Witnesses: Florida High Court Rule Changes Seen as a Win for Med Mal Insurers
July 14, 2023; Insurance Journal, article by William Rabb (Westlaw 2023 WL 4359498)

Improving Patient Outcomes via Blood Management Pre-Op Screening
July 10, 2023, by Emily Mavrakis

Addressing Litigation Abuses in Florida
January 20, 2023

MPL Newsbriefs
January 6, 2023

An Overview of the Vanderbilt Case: Could This Happen to Me?
Special Report, May 3, 2022

Safety Huddles: How to communicate about key safety issues
SIP Newsletter, January 2022

Florida Patient Safety and Pre-Suit Mediation Program for Medical Malpractice Claims: 13-Year Results, COVID-19 Pandemic Implications, Future Innovations, and Blueprint for Nationwide Implementation
Journal of Public Health Issues and Practices Volume 6 (2022), Article ID: JPHIP-193, January 2022

The Unavoidable Pressure Injury during COVID-19 Pandemic
SIP Newsletter, October 2021

ASHRM Legal and Regulatory Playbook for Health Care Risk Professionals
The American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), 2021 (Available for purchase through ASHRM website)

Opioid-induced Advancing Sedation and Respiratory Depression
SIP Newsletter, August 2021

Improving Patient Safety By Reducing Medical Errors
Dade County Medical Association, Online CME Article, Miami Medicine, Vol. 92, No. 2, Spring 2021

When Staff Communicate via Text About Patient Care Issues
SIP Newsletter, April 2021

Improving Patient Safety by Reducing Medical Errors
Duval County Medical Society, Online CME Article, March 2021

COVID-19's Impact on Patient Behavior
SIP Newsletter, January 2021

Social Media – How private posts hold up when litigation comes
SIP Newsletter, October 2020

Loss Prevention Strategies: The Chronic Non-Adherent Patient
SIP Newsletter, July 2020

Mitigating Risks of Fraud During the Expansion of Telemedicine
SIP Newsletter, April 2020

Screening, Detection and Intervention for Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence
Duval County Medical Society, Online CME Article, March 2020

2019 Aon/ASHRM Hospital and Physician Professional Liability Benchmark Analysis
Key Highlights - Countrywide Projected Trends, Geography, Med Mal Insurance Market, Useful Tips, February 2020

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