by Gail Fiore | Jul 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
July 26, 2022—Pittsburgh, PA—Ninety-six percent of the roughly $4 billion paid out in medical malpractice claims each year comes from settlements before trial and med mal stress coach Gail Fiore says much of it may be unnecessary. “When high-functioning professionals...
by Gail Fiore | Jun 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Physician stress — indeed, the stress level for all medical personnel — has reached new heights. As if it weren’t enough that doctors work in a profession where it’s almost more a question of when they’ll be sued than if they’ll be sued — where...
by Gail Fiore | Jun 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Just because nurses are sued less often than doctors doesn’t mean that their actions aren’t a focus of a large number of medical malpractice lawsuits. Whether they are defendants or not, nurses are often crucial to the defense and subject to...
by Gail Fiore | Jun 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Medical Malpractice Stress Syndrome. Every claims executive handling medical malpractice claims has seen it. So has every lawyer who defends physicians in med mal cases. They know how destructive this phenomenon can be to the defendant and their case, just as...
by Gail Fiore | Jun 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Medical Malpractice Stress Syndrome (MMSS) is likely affecting thousands of doctors. It often goes unrecognized, with insurers and attorneys assuming the physician is defensive, arrogant or merely “difficult.” Winning Focus President Gail Fiore’s article...