Curbing the Tide of Medical Malpractice Suits in Medical Practices

May 5, 2014May 8, 2014

So many people have filed medical malpractice lawsuits against their doctors that is has affected and had serious implications for medical practices. Patients have sued their doctors mainly for:

A lack of or delay in proper diagnosis
Maternity practices
Negligence in trauma care
Handling issues in a time conscious manner
Providing care without consent
Failure to refer out patients who require specialized treatments

Learn how UPS Healthcare can work with you to curb the tide of medical malpractice suits, identify the common causes of suits and more.

Most of the malpractice cases stem from a failure to diagnosis a condition that is already existent. Sometimes this lack of diagnosis comes from the doctors who are under extreme stress. The biggest problem that results from this is the lack of identifying it in the first place.

In fact, there are a good number of physicians who seek treatment from other doctors for stress-related issues. Stress is said to have contributed greatly to the decline of the health and well-being of all people and doctors are not falling short of that assumption. When doctors become depressed and exhausted, it eventually affects their profession.

Consider the recent post by The Daily Beast on the topic of How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession.

Consequences of Medical Malpractice:

Medical practices that experience medical malpractice also have to deal with a number of setbacks, including:

Having a very difficult time obtaining further coverage
Affording insurance
The overall stress that the doctor suffers from the litigation itself

To add to this, medical practice doctors are sometimes forced to hold a double-edged sword. One side is the obligation to the patient to pursue their needs and the other is dealing with managed health care plans or insurance companies.

Working with UPS Healthcare can help you streamline workflows, reduce stress loads and give medical practices and physician teams the resources needed to focus on the work they trained for—diagnosing and delivering quality care.