Boston—Poor physician communication contributes to liability—independent of injury—in almost a fifth of all perioperative anesthesia malpractice claims. In a review of malpractice cases, it was found that anesthesia payments were more common in claims with liability-related communication failures than in those with no communication failures.
“Poor physician communication is known to contribute to malpractice,” said Karen L. Posner, PhD, the Laura Cheney Professor