PPT-The Provider: Medical Errors, Negligence,

Litigation and risk reduction strategies Joel R Garcia MD FACC Chief Quality Officer Orlando Health Heart Institute 2 Disclaimer This lecture does not in any way constitute legal advice or the practice of law and is not intended to replace legal counsel. Law in Action . – Ch. 14. Tort. = a civil wrong; damage to property or a personal injury caused by another person. Unintentional Torts . = injuries that are the result of an accident or an action that was not intended to cause harm. HSPM 712. Localio. , A.R., et al, "Relation Between Malpractice Claims and Adverse Events Due to Negligence," . N . Engl. J Med. , July 25, 1991, . 325. (4), pp. 245-251.. This article is part III of a series of articles from this study. Part I, with Brennan as the lead author, showed the incidence of malpractice. This article looks at how many malpractice claims were pursued. The Brennan article on a later slide is a follow-up five years later, looking at how the lawsuits came out. under 2% of medical negligence leads to malpractice claims . Nigel . Trevethan. Steven Abramson. Mortgage Brokers Association of British Columbia. Kelowna – October 1, 2014. Important . Legal Concepts for Mortgage Brokers. Contract Law. Negligence Law. Misrepresentations. Chapter 4. Torts: An Introduction. What is a Tort?. A civil wrong, not arising from a breach of contract or other agreement.. A breach of a legal duty that proximately causes harm or injury to another.. Defences for Negligence. The best defence is Negligence did . not. exist, or the defendant didn’t owe the plaintiff a duty of care.. Duty of Care. – a specific legal obligation to not harm other people or their property; a principle of tort law.. Personal and Business Law. Mr. . Ulmer. The Spirit of the Law. One of the primary purposes of the law is to protect people from the wrongful acts of others. Protection is given…. by preventing or discouraging people from doing acts that may cause injury. Chapter 8.1. Tort Law. The law of torts deals with a range of conduct that causes . injury. to a person by breaching a legally recognised right and gives that person a remedy, such as payment of compensation. However, the defendant may be able to avoid or lessen liability by the use of a legally recognised defence.. M.Math. .. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. University of Waterloo. Outline. . This talk focuses on the liabilities of an engineer due to negligence. Review criminal and regulatory law. 2017. Course purpose. To provide an overview of medical errors in today’s health care system and to identify the incidence and causes of medical errors and the risk factors disposing to medical errors, and to provide strategies to prevent medical errors in the healthcare setting, including by patients.. CHAPTER 9GENERALCONCEPTSIntroductory NoteA NEGLIGENCE AND DUTY OF CARE91Elements of Liability No Negligence of the Plaintiff92Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress Elements of Liability93Negligen Robert L . Fogerty. , MD, MPH. Outline. Scope of the problem. Macro level. Micro level. Yale New Haven data. When errors occur. Disclosure and reporting. Root cause analysis. Swiss Cheese model. Corrective actions. Think of situations in which one person should act with care towards another and fails to provide it. Have you heard of lawsuits being filed over such situations. ?. Participating in traffic requires drivers and pedestrians to act with care. . – the Pitfalls?. Dr Martin Connor. Consultant Microbiologist. Some basic law!. Medical Negligence in . Scotland. Scotland currently operates a fault-based compensation scheme . Compensation can either be awarded by the court, or be paid to the pursuer in the form of an out of court settlement following a claim against an NHS . Medical Negligence A valuable new area of specialisation for your firm Presented by: Renier Jacobs Christopher Consulting Presenter Renier Jacobs 18+ years experience in medical negligence Qualified attorney Worked at MacRoberts, Friedman