Statistics show that family practitioners and general internists get the diagnosis wrong a relatively high number of times when a person is having a heart attack.<\/p>\n
A very recent study on heart attack diagnosis released by the Physician Insurers Association revealed that malpractice in this area is quite high among family practitioners and general internists. They have the highest number of med mal claims and the highest average indemnity payments of any group of doctors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat this suggests is that heart attacks are difficult to diagnose because the symptoms can mimic a wealth of other conditions,\u201d said Austin personal injury lawyer<\/a> Brooks Schuelke<\/a>, of Perlmutter & Schuelke L.L.P<\/a>.<\/p>\n The study also indicates that acute myocardial infarction is the third most expensive medical condition that often ends up in claims against doctors, following closely behind birth injuries involving brain damaged babies and breast cancer. The numbers in this study reach back to 1985 and show (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Statistics show that family practitioners and general internists get the diagnosis wrong a relatively high number of times when a person is having a heart attack. A very recent study on heart attack diagnosis released by the Physician Insurers Association…<\/span><\/p>\n