Statistics show that most dentists will be involved in at least one lawsuit alleging dental malpractice sometime during their career. The National Practitioner Data Bank for the years 2006-2016, for example, reports that among the 19,755 dentists in the United States, there were 16,337 medical malpractice payments and 13,772 adverse actions (formal reports not related… Read More »Dentists and the Impact of Malpractice Suits
The practice of dentistry is complex and is becoming more so as we proceed into the 21st century. As new products and procedures become a part of everyday practice, professional liability exposure also increases. Studies, as well as anecdotal evidence, have shown that healthcare professionals who are sued for malpractice may suffer significant emotional-and even… Read More »A Welcome to Our Dental Colleagues
Since the first articles informing the public about the impact of litigation on physicians appeared over 30 years ago, very little has changed. So there are no real surprises in the recent Medscape feature, “Five Doctors Tell ‘How I Survived After Being Sued“, on five doctors who were sued, all of whom were vindicated by… Read More »Medscape’s Latest Article – I Survived After Being Sued
As the public and research interest in physician burnout increases as well as the proportion of US physicians affected, it is well to remind ourselves of the important work of Balch et al on the relationship between burnout and malpractice litigation. Six years ago, his group published the results of a survey of 7,197 members… Read More »Burnout and Malpractice Litigation