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COVID-19 Litigation Will Require Many Different Types Of Expert Witness

January 15, 2021 | Uncategorized | Like |

Pandemic-related Litigation

COVID-19 litigation will require the expertise of expert witnesses from many fields. EWD has well-qualified, experienced expert witness physicians located across the United States.

This article contains good early information about COVID-19 litigation, which will impact many different practice areas and require many different types of expert witnesses, including medical experts.

Physical activity can include walking, biking, or cleaning house.

Physical Activity Lowers Mortality Risk

April 5, 2019 | Physical Activity, Uncategorized | Like |

Excess sitting is a risk factor for early mortality

Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash

A recent study shows that a small commitment to increasing physical activity could pay off in a big way. Replacing just 30 minutes of sitting time with light activity showed a 14% drop in mortality rates.

Expert Witness Qualifications

March 20, 2018 | Uncategorized | expert witness testimony, Standard of Care | Like |

Anesthesiologist’s expert witness qualifications challenged by defendant. Court sides with expert.

First District court upholds ruling that expert witness

in health care liability case is qualified

by Tomas Kassahun | Mar. 19, 2018, 2:22pm

Standard Of Care Competency Questioned

March 16, 2018 | Standard Of Care, Uncategorized | expert witness testimony, medical expert witness | Like |

Standard Of Care: Family practice expert witness competency to address standard of care for a cardiologist questioned.

A family practice doctor might have had some degree of familiarity with the standard of care for a cardiologist, but still be unable to testify to a reasonable degree of medical certainly as to how a cardiologist would have effectively treated the patient.

When Is External Peer Review Required?

August 10, 2017 | Uncategorized | Like |

4 Situations That May Call for External Peer Review

Ambiguity and litigation are among the reasons an organization may look elsewhere for experts to evaluate a physician’s competence.

This article was originally published on the Credentialing Resource Center, July 6, 2017.

Although external peer review of a physician’s competence is seldom required in most organizations,

Liability For Medical Examiners

May 30, 2017 | Liability, Uncategorized | Like |

Court ruling imperils immunity for physicians in public service

Tanya Albert Henry, via AMA Wire

Darshan R. Phatak, MD, a Texas medical examiner, followed the standard of care in compiling an autopsy report for a woman who had died from a gunshot wound. He reviewed investigator reports, photos of the scene and toxicology reports.

Opioid Addiction Increases Likelihood of Death by 10 Times Among People Receiving Care in Doctor’s Offices or Hospitals

April 24, 2017 | Opioid Addiction, Uncategorized | Like |

UCLA study’s findings indicate need to improve detection and treatment of opioid addiction in primary health settings

Source Newsroom: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

By Sarah C.P. Williams

Newswise — People who are addicted to opioids and receiving their medical care in a general health care setting were more than 10 times as likely to die during a four-year period than people without substance abuse problems,

Societal Benefits Of THA

January 6, 2017 | Uncategorized | hip replacement, orthopedic surgery | Like |

This study again demonstrates the economic benefits to society of appropriate joint replacement surgery. Let’s hope that CMS recognizes this value and puts policies in place to fairly compensate orthopedic surgeons for this complex and labor intensive surgery. If not, the supply of qualified surgeons will diminish making this procedure less available to those who need it.