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2. Medical malpractice - Wikipedia

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   In many jurisdictions, a medical malpractice lawsuit is initiated officially by the filing and service of a summons and complaint. The parties subsequently engage in discovery," [3] a process through which documents such as medical records are exchanged, and depositions are taken by parties involved in the lawsuit. A deposition involves the ...

3. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Claims of medical malpractice, when pursued in US courts, are processed as civil torts. Sometimes an act of medical malpractice will also constitute a criminal act, as in the case of the death of Michael Jackson. Medical professionals may obtain professional liability insurances to offset the costs of lawsuits based on medical malpractice ...

4. Defensive medicine - Wikipedia

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   Defensive medicine takes two main forms: assurance behavior and avoidance behavior.Assurance behavior involves the charging of additional, unnecessary services to a) reduce adverse outcomes, b) deter patients from filing medical malpractice claims, or c) preempt any future legal action by documenting that the practitioner is practicing according to the standard of care.

5. National Practitioner Data Bank - Wikipedia

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   The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is a database operated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that contains medical malpractice payment and adverse action reports on health care professionals. Hospitals and state licensing boards submit information on physicians and other health care practitioners, including clinical ...

6. Health court - Wikipedia

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   In February 2011, President Barack Obama's administration announced a $250 million fund in the fiscal year 2012 budget for medical malpractice reforms, with special emphasis on health courts. [ 8 ] References

7. Andrew Cuomo committed ‘medical malpractice’ during deadly ...

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   Ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo committed "medical malpractice" and publicly undercounted the total number of COVID-related nursing home resident deaths during the worst period of the killer pandemic, a ...