Being A Pre-Litigation Expert with Jeff Willis, MD

About this episode

Sam Ashoo, MD interviews Jeff Willis, MD about pre-litigation review and medical malpractice.

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD interviews Jeff Willis, MD on the topic of pre-litigation review, being a medical expert, and common pitfalls leading to medical malpractice cases. 0:15 Introduction 0:51 Guest Introduction 1:20 Jeff's Background 2:00 Current Work 3:37 How He Got Started 6:57 Pre-Litigation vs. Expert Witness 8:01 Four Components of Malpractice Cases 13:55 Case Review Statistics 17:11 When Cases Get Filed 18:58 Common Patterns in Cases 19:55 Documentation Best Practices 22:06 Shift Handoff Problems 25:56 Bounce Backs 27:25 Medical Record Volume 30:00 Audit Trails 32:53 Communication with Consultants 41:35 Conflicting Documentation 43:46 Getting Started in This Work 47:37 Closing Emergency Medicine Residents, get your free subscription by writing resident@ebmedicine.net

People in this episode

Host: Sam Ashoo, MD

Guest: Jeff Willis, MD

Topics covered

• pre-litigation review
• medical expert
• medical malpractice
• documentation best practices
• case review statistics

Keywords

• pre-litigation
• medical expert
• malpractice cases
• documentation
• case review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EB Medicine

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