According to the American Medical Association, over 60% of all doctors over the age of 55 have been sued at some point in their careers. Our increasingly litigious society has caused the medical malpractice insurance to grow to a $17.1 billion industry. The increases in malpractice coverage has caused some practitioners to go under.
One new development in the medical profession has been the advent of telemedicine. Telemedicine allows physicians to give advice and diagnose patients without having a patient visit the office. The solution has been increasingly popular, as the physician population ages and people become busier. Already, 90% of healthcare executives are utilizing or planning to use telehealth platforms. However, the nascent area of medicine brings new concerns for medical malpractice.
