Limiting Exposure to Medical Malpractice Claims and Defamatory Cyber Postings via Patient Contracts

The documents patients sign on admission to a medical practice can constitute a legal contract. Medical practices around the country are attempting to use these documents as a prospective defense against medical malpractice claims. Protective contractual provisions are often attacked on grounds that...

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Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Sacopulos, Michael, Segal, Jeffrey J.
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Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Springer-Verlag 2008
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Symposium: Clinical Risk and Judicial Reasoning
Rochtain ar líne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628519/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19057975
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0619-3
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spelling pubmed-26285192010-02-01 Limiting Exposure to Medical Malpractice Claims and Defamatory Cyber Postings via Patient Contracts Sacopulos, Michael Segal, Jeffrey J. Clin Orthop Relat Res Symposium: Clinical Risk and Judicial Reasoning The documents patients sign on admission to a medical practice can constitute a legal contract. Medical practices around the country are attempting to use these documents as a prospective defense against medical malpractice claims. Protective contractual provisions are often attacked on grounds that they are legally void as a result of unconscionability. Widespread use of arbitration clauses have been met with mixed success. Arbitration clauses that limit damages available in medical negligence cases have been stricken in some states as having provisions that impose excessive entry costs on a patient starting the arbitration process. Other provisions relating to prequalification requirements for expert witnesses are now being used with increasing frequency. Clauses have even been placed in patient contracts that address cyber postings of adverse claims against physicians. Prospective patient contracts may be an effective means to limit exposure to medical malpractice lawsuits and to minimize defamatory cyber postings. Springer-Verlag 2008-12-05 2009-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2628519/ /pubmed/19057975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0619-3 Text en © The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons 2008
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topic Symposium: Clinical Risk and Judicial Reasoning
spellingShingle Symposium: Clinical Risk and Judicial Reasoning
Sacopulos, Michael
Segal, Jeffrey J.
Limiting Exposure to Medical Malpractice Claims and Defamatory Cyber Postings via Patient Contracts
description The documents patients sign on admission to a medical practice can constitute a legal contract. Medical practices around the country are attempting to use these documents as a prospective defense against medical malpractice claims. Protective contractual provisions are often attacked on grounds that they are legally void as a result of unconscionability. Widespread use of arbitration clauses have been met with mixed success. Arbitration clauses that limit damages available in medical negligence cases have been stricken in some states as having provisions that impose excessive entry costs on a patient starting the arbitration process. Other provisions relating to prequalification requirements for expert witnesses are now being used with increasing frequency. Clauses have even been placed in patient contracts that address cyber postings of adverse claims against physicians. Prospective patient contracts may be an effective means to limit exposure to medical malpractice lawsuits and to minimize defamatory cyber postings.
author Sacopulos, Michael
Segal, Jeffrey J.
author_facet Sacopulos, Michael
Segal, Jeffrey J.
author_sort Sacopulos, Michael
title Limiting Exposure to Medical Malpractice Claims and Defamatory Cyber Postings via Patient Contracts
title_short Limiting Exposure to Medical Malpractice Claims and Defamatory Cyber Postings via Patient Contracts
title_full Limiting Exposure to Medical Malpractice Claims and Defamatory Cyber Postings via Patient Contracts
title_fullStr Limiting Exposure to Medical Malpractice Claims and Defamatory Cyber Postings via Patient Contracts
title_full_unstemmed Limiting Exposure to Medical Malpractice Claims and Defamatory Cyber Postings via Patient Contracts
title_sort limiting exposure to medical malpractice claims and defamatory cyber postings via patient contracts
publisher Springer-Verlag
publisher_facet Springer-Verlag
publishDate 2008
url https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628519/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19057975
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0619-3
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