5 best ways to discourage lawsuits involving anesthesiologists

Here are five best ways to discourage lawsuits against anesthesiologists, according to the Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Anesthesiologists Get Sued.

Advertisement

•    Cases should be prescreened for merit by medical panels before they can proceed — 79 percent
•    Place caps on noneconomic damages — 60 percent
•    Medical cases should be tried before health courts — 39 percent
•    Lawyers should be banned from taking cases “on contingency” — 35 percent
•    Doctors should stop making medical errors — 10 percent  

More articles on anesthesia:
Anesthesiologist tops list of best paying jobs in the US: 3 takeaways
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta PA in anesthesiology murdered in the Caribbean: 5 notes
7 common reasons anesthesiologists are involved in malpractice lawsuits

Advertisement

Next Up in Anesthesia

Advertisement

Comments are closed.