How To Reduce The Chance of Becoming a Victim of Medical Malpractice

If you want to reduce the chance of becoming a medical malpractice victim then you should investigate your doctor prior to having any type of risky or invasive surgical procedure performed. According to a 2006 report by the National Practioner Data Bank (NPDB) of the 164,877 physicians with some type of a report, 134,663 (81.7%) had only a medical error payment report while 9,898 (6.0%) had only State Licensure Action Reports, while 2,818 (1.7%) had only clinical privileges active reports and 1,391 (.8%) had only Medicare/Medicaid exclusion reports. The data furnished to NPDB indicates as a doctor's number of medical malpractice payment reports increases, there is a corresponding likelihood that the physician's adverse action reports also increases. The interesting statistic to note is the fact that doctors with at least two medical malpractice payment reports were responsible for the majority of malpractice payments. Approximately 33.29% of the 146,309 doctors that had malpractice payment reports had 2 or more such reports. These 48,566 doctors had a total of 138,199 malpractice error payment reports which account for 58.6% of all physician reports for payments for medical malpractice cases. It is therefore extremely important that you determine that your doctor does not have multiple malpractice settlements or verdicts or other adverse reports so you can cut down on your chances of becoming a victim of medical malpractice.
Attorney Richard Hastings, for the past two and one half decades, has been helping injured clients and families collect millions of dollars in losses ranging from motor vehicle accidents to wrongful death, to medical malpractice. He is the founder of Selectcounsel, LLC, a free service that helps you find one of the best lawyers in your area and is the author of the books "How To Find A Great Lawyer" and "Understanding And Improving The Value Of Your Personal Injury Case." Please visit http://www.SelectCounsel.com to see how they can find you one of the best lawyers in your area for your serious injury or medical malpractice case.