Your Practice Made Perfect
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We found 10 episodes of Your Practice Made Perfect with the tag “closed claim”.
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Episode 039: From Witness to Defendant
October 26th, 2018 | 15 mins 53 secs
closed claim, insurance, malpractice, medical
Dan Himmelberg, SVMIC Assistant Vice President of Claims, and Brian Fortenberry discuss a closed claim in which a patient suffered an aneurysm after having an appendectomy. The patient's surgeon, who had been an expert witness in other cases, was taken to court himself, where he defended his care of the patient during over 8 years of legal proceedings.
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Episode 038: Doing It Right and Getting It Wrong
October 19th, 2018 | 12 mins 1 sec
closed claim, insurance, malpractice, medical
In this closed claim review, a hike up a steep ravine sent William to the hospital with a “weird feeling” in his back. After his symptoms subsided and he was discharged, he passed away of an aortic dissection. Host Brian Fortenberry and SVMIC attorney Judy Reneau discuss the doctor’s defense and how William's symptoms did not lead to the underlying problem.
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Episode 035: Fear Factor
September 28th, 2018 | 11 mins 39 secs
closed claim, legal, medical, surgery
Host Brian Fortenberry and attorney Jamie Wyatt discuss a closed claim case in which everyone in an operating room, except for the surgeon, was sued due to the complications experienced by the patient post-surgery. They explore this "no talking policy" implemented by the surgeon, and how it created a hostile work environment and a very adverse outcome.
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Episode 034: The Impact of Preconceived Notions
September 21st, 2018 | 11 mins 40 secs
addiction, closed claim, medical
Attorney Tim Behan and Brian Fortenberry discuss how the depersonalization and dissociation from a well-known patient can help provide more effective treatment. In this closed claim review, a 40-year-old woman with drug-seeking behavior is left with neurological damage due to assumptions made about her condition.
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Episode 031: The Case of the Black Box Warning
August 31st, 2018 | 12 mins 15 secs
closed claim, complications, malpractice, medical
In this closed claim case, attorney Stephanie Deupree and host Brian Fortenberry examine a very tragic outcome that began with a man's fall from a six-foot ladder while trying to complete a home improvement project. A medication unfamiliar to the physicians prescribed for pain relief resulted in the man's death.
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Episode 028: Don’t Leave the Rest Unwritten
August 10th, 2018 | 20 mins 15 secs
closed claim, complications, malpractice, medical
In this closed claim review, Ken Rucker, Vice President of Claims for SVMIC, and host Brian Fortenberry discuss how easy it is to let the daily workload negatively impact the quality of medical documentation. Details forgotten can be hard to defend, especially when Dr. Andrew’s early discharge led to a patient's death one week later.
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Episode 026: Care Off the Record
July 27th, 2018 | 9 mins 36 secs
closed claim, complications, medical
Brian Fortenberry details and discusses a closed claim case with Claims Attorney, Zynthia Howse. Together, they review the fallout from a female infant’s routine “Well Baby” visit after the care providers failed to administer a vaccination and did not accurately document it in the medical charts.
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Episode 021: The Case of Cascading Conditions
June 22nd, 2018 | 17 mins 32 secs
closed claim, complications, medical
This week, we review a closed case against a doctor who failed to give a timely diagnosis and treat Mary’s retroperitoneal hemorrhage following a cardiac catheterization. This led to a series of unfortunate medical complications. Senior Claims Attorney Tim Rector talks about this complicated case with Brian Fortenberry.