Search Tag: defensive medicine

Health Management

Lukas-lambert

2018 20 Feb

Top Quote from Blog Appropriate utilisation of imaging and defensive medicine - where do we stand? “Broadly speaking, more examinations are performed which, instead, potentially harm the patients, decreasing the benefit-to-risk ratio of our diagnostic test. The overuse of CT has other implications as well, including radiation exposure,...Read more

Executive Health Management

Defensive-practices-linked-to-lawsuit-liability-among-us-neurosurgeons

2015 02 Feb

A large majority of neurosurgeons in the United States perform extra tests and procedures as a precaution against malpractice lawsuits. In states with greater risk liability, defensive medicine spending is especially high. Defensive medicine refers to decision-making based on concerns over medical malpractice litigation more than anticipated benefits...Read more