This is a study based on paid, surgery-related malpractice claims from September 1999 through July 2011 derived from the National Practitioner Data Bank. During this 12-year period, there were nearly 20,000 paid malpractice claims related to surgery. Here is the ranked list based on the reason for the malpractice claim.
- Improper performance (most frequently cited reason)
- Improper technique
- Failure to recognize a complication
- Retained foreign body
- Improper management
- Unnecessary procedure
- Wrong body part
- Failure to obtain consent/lack of informed consent
- Failure to perform procedure
- Delay in performance
Source: Jiam, N.T.-L., Cooper, M.A., and others. Surgical malpractice claims in the United States. Journal of Healthcare Risk Management;33(4):29-34, Q2, 2014. Click here for access to publisher’s website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhrm.21140/abstract Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2003, rc@aha.org
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