An 82-year-old surgeon had a career spanning 50 years in a large, prestigious suburban hospital and had an excellent reputation.
Electronic medical record (EMR) documentation creates some legal risks that didn't exist with paper charting.
Electronic prescribing with a basic clinical decision support system could have prevented 32% of paper-based prescribing errors, according to a recent study, but electronic medical records also pose potential legal risks.
Consumer Reports has rated U.S. hospitals on how patients fare during and after surgery.
An orthopedic surgeon who reportedly performed as many operations in two days as the typical orthopedic surgeon averages in one month is facing multiple malpractice lawsuits, as are the surgery center and hospitals where he operated.
