Medical Malpractice Payout Redistribution: Expert Insight
A recent bill passed in the US House of Representatives proposes a number of changes to malpractice liability rules, including a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages.
All articles by Tafari Mbadiwe
Staying in Line With Medical Ethics by Altering Opioid Prescribing Practices
One physician shares his thoughts on the importance of balancing autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence when prescribing opioids to patients.
What Does the CVS/Aetna Merger Mean for Primary Care?
Aetna will have access to data on pharmaceutical usage patterns that will give the company the opportunity to figure out who is willing to pay more for healthcare. What does this mean for patients?
Can Wearable Fitness Technology Improve Our Health?
One physician shares his thoughts on whether wearable fitness technology is benefiting our health.
Using Conscious and Unconscious Decision-Making to Solve Medical Problems
One physician shares his thoughts on how conscious and unconscious thinking can help making difficult medical decisions.
Physician Shares Insights on Overdiagnosis and Related Ethical Considerations
One physician shares his opinion on the trouble with overdiagnosis in medicine and how to consider the ethical implications of addressing overdiagnosis.
Practicing Defensive Medicine: Avoiding Prosecution at What Cost?
The scourge of defensive medicine — the practice of recommending tests or treatments for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating litigation — has been dissected tirelessly.
What Role Should Computerized Decision Support Systems Play in Medicine?
Decision support systems in clinical settings can dramatically decrease the time and manpower needed to perform a variety of tasks, but are they more harmful than helpful?
A Closer Look at Machine Learning Algorithms in Medicine
Machine learning programs can process enormous quantities of information and make meaningful and actionable predictions about future behaviors and outcomes, but what are the potential pitfalls?
The Streetlight Effect and Bias in Clinical Research
Evidence of the streetlight effect can be found across several fields, in which cases investigators draw suspect conclusions from analysis of irrelevant data.
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