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Medical Board Launches New, Consumer-Friendly Web Site Address
SACRAMENTO—The Medical Board of California announced today a new, consumer-friendly, easy-to-remember Web site address. The new address will become a familiar part of the board's communications efforts to make the board better known to those who need to find it. The new address is www.caldocinfo.ca.gov.
"We are excited about this new change," commented Board President Hazem Chehabi, M.D. "This continues our important and strategic effort to do everything possible to fulfill the board's consumer protection mission by making it easier for consumers and others to find out about us, and to access our services."
The board's Web site was launched in 1997, and is used by the public, physicians, allied healthcare professionals, reporters, hospitals, credentialing organizations, insurance companies and many others. The board is averaging over 400,000 hits per month on its site. The most popular feature is its individual physician profiles, where the following information is available.
If a person is licensed as a physician in California
A physician's address of record
The date a physician's license was issued, and the date it will expire if not renewed
The medical school a physician graduated from, and year of graduation
The status of a physician's license, e.g., renewed and current, revoked, retired, etc.
If a physician has been formally accused of wrongdoing by the Medical Board
If a physician has been disciplined by the Medical Board of California or the medical board of another state
If a physician has been convicted of a felony, reported to the board after Jan. 3, 1991
Malpractice judgments or arbitration awards reported to the board after Jan. 1, 1993
Any hospital disciplinary actions that resulted in the termination or revocation of a physician's hospital staff privileges for a medical disciplinary cause or reason reported to the board after Jan. 1, 1995
Malpractice settlements within a 10-year period – when three or more if a physician is in a low-risk specialty, and when four or more if a physician is in a high-risk specialty – reported to the board after Jan. 1, 2003
Many people don’t know what expenses are typically included in a settlement
A typical medical malpractice claim will include compensation for pain and suffering, payment of medical expenses for treating the injury caused by the malpractice and reimbursement for any past, present or future financial losses that you have incurred as a result of the malpractice. However, this varies by State.
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The use of res ipsa loquitur should be prohibited in medical malpractice cases because under this doctrine the mere fact that the injury occurs means that the defendant was negligent, although it is not all the time.
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The defendant must owe a legal duty to the victim, the defendant breached that duty, the breach was the cause of an injury to the victim, there must be an injury. In most cases, there must be a physical or financial injury to the victim, but sometimes emotional distress, embarrassment, or dignitary harms are adequate for recovery.
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