Power from Within: A Guide to Success as a Medical Malpractice Defense Expert

Physicians, nursing professionals, and other healthcare providers will continue to be lawsuit targets due to the chronic malpractice crisis. National legislative fact-finding committees and investigative bodies may never achieve a global remedy, but individual case success can be realized if well-credentialed and experienced health care professionals are willing to assist the malpractice defense bar as expert witnesses. The benefits to the health care community and individuals are innumerable and worth considering.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 154 pages
Publication date: 11 October 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The frequency of lawsuits targeting physicians, nursing professionals, and other healthcare providers in our litigious society shows no signs of abating. While politicians, practitioners, insurance companies, and trial attorneys engage in debates about the nation's chronic malpractice crisis, lawsuits continue to be filed. Moreover, once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides and the unprecedented public support for healthcare providers wanes, as it inevitably will, physicians and nurses are expected to face an increased risk of being named in malpractice lawsuits.

National legislative fact-finding committees and investigative bodies, tasked with finding a solution, may never achieve a comprehensive remedy. Although some states have implemented measures to curb baseless malpractice suits and excessive monetary verdicts, national legislation has yet to address these issues effectively.

However, there is an alternative approach. Health care providers can actively influence the existing system and shape the malpractice environments in a meaningful and impactful way. While discussions about tort reform are likely to continue to ensure some level of protection for malpractice defendants, achieving individual case success, defined from the defendant's perspective as a no-cause trial verdict, can be realized by collaborating with well-credentialed and experienced healthcare professionals who are willing to serve as expert witnesses for the malpractice defense bar.

The benefits to the healthcare community and individuals who participate in this initiative are numerous and worth exploring. By working together, healthcare providers can contribute to improving the legal landscape and ensuring that healthcare professionals are protected while providing quality care to their patients.

Weight: 288g
Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367677374