subject: Making You Medical Facility Free From Medical Malpractice [print this page] Medical malpractice is very unfortunate in our nation with such advanced medical facilities. What would be the goodwill of medical facility of USA in the eyes of a foreigner who has come for treatment in US and has become a victim of medical malpractice?
Medical malpractice may result into permanent disability, death, etc. This is the result of wrong diagnosis of a medical condition, injury at the time of operation or delivery and neglecting patient.
When you find that the medical professional who has treated the victim is not an employee of the medical facility where you have been admitted. This type of situation is very complicated. There can be another instance when a patient dies or suffers medical malpractice after being treated in hospital-B after being transferred from hospital-A.
There are several ways a hospital can make itself risk proof against medical malpractice. A hospital can hire a third party organization for assessing the risk to prevent losses. In todays competitive market customers expect that the hospital will provide hotel like facilities and business like facilities like accounting, marketing, invoicing, etc. This is expected excluding the medical care that a medical facility provides.
There is a good way to acquire the goodwill of the clients by acquiring accreditation from a neutral third part organization (Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) or from a government body.
A statistical analysis if past compensation claims will throw light on some important information. There can be two types of information that can be drawn from this analysis:
Building an early warning system
Information about the main causes of compensation claims. This will result in taking a better look in those areas.
A stringent background on the experience and track record of visiting doctors should be carried out. This is because the medical facilities get entangled in compensation claims because of faults of visiting doctors. This is in compliance to corporate responsibility of the medical facility to its clients.
The medical facility should ensure that staff medical practitioners carry medical liability insurance against their names. In general due to prevalence of medical malpractice lawsuits it has been made legally binding to have medical malpractice lawsuits.
For a victim it is necessary that they consult a medical malpractice lawyer. A victim will require the testimonial of a medical practitioner validating his claim for malpractice. A resident of Atlanta should consult an Atlanta Medical Malpractice Lawyer.
If you are searching for a lawyer practicing personal injury, please visit the Jacksonville Lawyer Directory to get the required information.
