SOB – Documentation Review
The purpose of this website is to improve doctor’s medical knowledge and documentation by reviewing real-life malpractice cases. This article will review the documentation of the physician who was sued. There are three goals of documentation: defensibility, continuity of care, and billing. This post will focus primarily on the defensibility aspect of documentation. I have […]
SOB – Legal Outcome
A lawsuit was brought by the deceased man’s wife and children. They sued both the physician at the original hospital and the group that employed him. The case went to trial, and the records that have been previously shown were entered as evidence. Further information includes the manual from the CT scanner that shows the […]
SOB – Bad Outcome
Recap: A 31 year old man presented to an ED with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, and was found to be febrile, tachycardic, and tachypneic. He had an elevated D-dimer, negative lower extremity ultrasounds and normal chest xray. A CT was ordered but cancelled because he weighed more than the machine could tolerate. He […]
Case 1: Shortness of Breath
Welcome to medmalreviewer.com! The purpose of this site is to improve doctor’s medical knowledge and documentation by reviewing real-life malpractice cases. The first case is below. These cases are presented in long form, deep dive fashion, and I’ll try to post one each month. Each case is broken down into 5 posts. To see more info […]