who is training your champaign urbana doctor to perform your surgery?

Many Doctors in Illinois are learning new surgical techniques from unqualified medical device company representatives. Are you at risk?

The medical malpractice and wrongful death law team at Holder Law Group, LLP has witnessed a dangerous side-effect to new and advanced surgical techniques both in Champaign-Urbana, but also across Illinois.  From the use of the da Vinci robot, to other advanced technological surgical techniques, medical advances are moving so quickly that doctors are unable to keep up. 

While many, if not most, doctors attend advanced surgical seminars and training classes, many Champaign patients would be shocked to learn that some doctors are trained DURING SURGERY AND BY MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES.  It is hard to believe, but many companies, ever too eager to have medical clinics and hospitals purchase their equipment and devices, are deploying individuals to train doctors who are not even doctors themselves.

Medical Errors and Malpractice in Champaign Urbana

As a patient, you anticipate that the doctor that treats you is well qualified and trained in the procedure in which she or he is practicing. You might not have sufficient information about the physician's history or experience.  All we really know about surgeons is that they like to perform surgery. This is especially real when you go to the medical facility as a result of an emergency situation or to receive a new type of procedure.

Too often, the inexperience of the physician or lack of training in a particular location can bring about major damage to clients. A medical professional that is a specialist in one area might be called to function in various specialties in which they are unfamiliar or untrained. Because the unskilled physician is not familiar with this area, the physician may misdiagnose an individual or make an error in performing a treatment. In many cases, a person may be treated by a doctor that remains in training, overworked, and merely over their head.  This can be true of Champaign and Central Illinois physicians with many years of experience in traditional procedures.

When the inexperience of a medical professional, registered nurse, or medical professional causes a person to experience damage, the doctor and/or the medical center or hospital that uses them must be held answerable for the absence of training.  It is important to understand that a medical device representative is not a qualified trainer.

The Champaign-Urbana medical negligence attorneys at the Holder Law Group, LLP aid individuals and families that have actually been harmed by inexperienced medical professional mistakes and negligence. We work with doctors that we understand and trust to assess the circumstances of malpractice so we can respond to the inquiries that individuals and their households involve us with.
With decades of medical malpractice experience, Elizabeth Holder and her team have the understanding and skill to hold medical professionals that have harmed individuals because of their lack of experience accountable.

Unskilled Medical Professionals and Misdiagnosis

Totally missed or postponed medical diagnoses by inexperienced physicians are all too common. Actually, The Washington Post reported in May 2013 that diagnoses that are missed, incorrect or postponed are thought to influence 10 to 20 percent of situations, far surpassing drug errors and surgery on the incorrect person or body component.
 
Additionally, researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine revealed that 45,500 patients die due to misdiagnosis in emergency situations.  These statistics apply to Illinois as a portion of the country as a whole.
The medical malpractice team at Holder law group have litigated these situations with respect to

• Pulmonary Embolism
• A variety of cancers
• Heart Attack and Stroke
• Pneumonia

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has found that lack of experience leads to many of these malpractice situations. Similarly, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) discovered that the majority of misdiagnoses are related to "process break downs in the patient-practitioner clinical encounter."  This can also include surgeries performed by inexperienced doctors in that particular procedure.

Lack of Doctor Experience leads to malpractice and even death in Champaign Illinois

Physician and Clinic inexperience is related to:

Alternatives staffing and shift arrangements-- Medical professionals usually fill in for each other. This can lead to a doctor doing a treatment or participating in treatment that is outside of their specialty or their experience.

Locum tenens-- Locum tenens is Latin for "location holder." Locum tenens work includes a doctor working briefly in a technique or a healthcare facility that is not his/her common area of employment. Some of these medical professionals are from various other states. Some doctors take locum tenens placements specifically to acquire experience they do not have, and also some do it because they are semi-retired. A locum tenens doctor may take shifts in an emergency situation area. Locum tenens medical professionals operate in systems that are not familiar to them in addition to seeing patients whose backgrounds are foreign to them. This can lead to blunders being made.

Handoffs-- When a change ends or a client is moved from one location to one more, such as from the ER to one more ward, their care is turned over from one group of physicians as well as registered nurses. This is when communications errors typically take place especially among inexperienced personnel.

New Medical Innovations-- Physicians might just have a very little amount of training or education and learning prior to when they begin to utilize advanced clinical procedures, off-label prescriptions or experimental methods in the treatment of an individual. Health centers may have varying requirements regarding when a medical professional or cosmetic surgeon might start to utilize a new method without the aid of a much more seasoned expert.  The situation also applies to experienced doctors using new procedures with insufficient training or training performed by drug company representatives. 

Seeking Money Damages After Being Harmed By an Unskilled Physician

No matter their experience, medical professionals, surgeons, registered nurses, service technicians as well as other physician need to fulfill an acknowledged requirement of treatment. When health care professionals fall short to meet that requirement, as well as a patient is harmed, the patient and/or their family members has a right to seek a money settlement.

Those that have actually been harmed or lost an enjoyed one due to the fact that they were dealt with by an unskilled physician or other health care specialist have the right to go after an injury or wrongful death lawsuit to insurance claim settlement for their added clinical costs, lost wages, discomfort as well as suffering as well as other problems.  This is when Holder Law Group can help.

Illinois regulation calls for most medical malpractice suits to be brought within two years from the date of the alleged act, omission or disregard. It is crucial to contact an experienced Champaign Illinois clinical negligence legal representative, such as those at Holder Law Group, as soon as feasible if you or a person you care about has actually been hurt.

The Central Illinois Medical Malpractice team at Holder Law Group can review your inexperienced doctor malpractice case for free and takes all of our cases on a contingent basis.  This means if we don’t win, you don’t pay.

Elizabeth Holder

Elizabeth Holder is the founder of Holder Law Group, LLP and heads up the medical malpractice team.  Ms. Holder focuses her practice on personal injury cases in Champaign County and across Central Illinois.