Homan, from Mission B.C., brought a lawsuit against his former doctor, Gerald Nemanishen, alleging negligence in the prescription of opioids spanning 2013 to 2016. A spokesperson for CMPA said it wasn’t immediately able to locate data on how many of those cases involved opioid prescribing. A previous report authored by a CMPA employee said there were “151 medical-legal cases involving allegations of patient harm related to opioid prescribing” between 2010 and 2015. But doctors don’t really pay the price (in medical malpractice cases) because all they pay is the deductible.”Erik Knutsen, a law professor and expert in medical malpractice at Queen’s University, said it’s possible for medical malpractice suits to bring about system-wide change. And maybe this shouldn’t happen to someone again.”The CPSBC does sometimes respond to problematic opioid prescribing through its own programs.

Source: thestar January 19, 2022 21:24 UTC