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A recent report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) revealed that many medical doctors have direct, personal knowledge of an impaired or incompetent physician in their workplaces but won’t report them. The researchers, led by Catherine DesRoches of Harvard Medical School, surveyed 1,891 practicing US doctors in order to “understand physicians’ [...]

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By Terry A. Rondberg, DC A commentary published in the July 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) revealed that diagnostic errors are the single largest contributor to medical malpractice claims, accounting for about about 40% of all claims and costing approximately $300,000 per claim. The authors — Mark Graber, MD, [...]