Medical-Legal Liability

Medical-Legal Issues and Liability are important areas that a physician will either encounter themselves or know of a colleague who encounters it. Medical-legal issues against physicians span the spectrum, including complaints to a regulatory authority (college) or hospital, patient privacy issues, disciplinary proceedings, practice audits, malpractice or negligence, or in rare cases, criminal proceedings. The scope of this article is to discuss common medical-legal issues that physicians may face in practice.

• CMPA - Hit the brakes: Do you need to report your patient’s fitness to drive?
• CMPA - Writing with care: Word choice and tone matter in medical records and reports
• CMPA - Physician interactions with police
• CMPA - Treating physician reports, IME reports, and expert opinions: The way forward
• CMPA - What to do if you’re notified of a College complaint
• CMPA - My patients, my records?
• CMPA - The diagnostic challenges of chest pain: Recognizing acute coronary syndrome
• CMPA - Disclosure of harms and adverse events

• CPSO: A Closer Look at College Complaints
• CPSO: Third Party Medical Reports - Independent Medical Exams (IMEs)