Elements of Medical Malpractice Claims

Medical malpractice claims are best understood as medical negligence, where the patient must prove that the healthcare provider acted unreasonably by failing to adhere to the medical standard of care in the community. Malpractice claims arise from allegations in the following contexts:

Diagnostic error (missed or delayed).
A combination of failure of judgment, system-related problems (lack of supervision, technology or workload).
Medication errors
Delayed or inappropriate treatment.
Failure to monitor or supervise treatment or examinations (by residents, PA's or nurse practitioners).
Failure to refer to a specialist
Hand-off errors
Failure to recognize complications of treatment

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