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Artificial intelligence has impacted various areas of the medical professions — from the creation of discharge instructions and care plans and other administrative functions such as staffing to patient-facing customer service chatbots, translation services, medical record documentation and even clinical functions that assist with diagnosis in areas such as radiology. Although AI is still in More
Preverity, a provider of clinical risk analytics and patient safety solutions to better assess physician and surgeon risk factors, was the first Insurtech Company to provide analytics to medical malpractice carriers like Positive Physicians Insurance Company (PPIC). Founded in 2016, the Nashville, Tenn.-based business also partners with health systems and large physician practice groups to More
Managing medical professional liability (MPL) lawsuits and accurately pricing MPL risk are issues the industry has been grappling with for years. “Historically speaking, the premiums charged for doctors, physician groups and surgeons have been tied to three main metrics: A physician’s specialty, location of practice and the absence or prevalence of medical liability claims,” said More
Dennis Lansdowne, a partner at Cleveland-based Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber, who represents plaintiffs in HIE and other medical malpractice claims said the strength of the case on both standard of care and proximate cause, the demeanor of the witnesses and the jurisdiction all play a role in the decision to go to trial. “These cases More
Sherry Karabin