Characteristics of medical liability claims against dermatologists from 1991 through 2015.

Kornmehl H, Singh S, Adler BL, Wolf AE, Bochner DA, Armstrong AW. JAMA Dermatol. 2017 Dec 6; [Epub ahead of print].

This retrospective examination of closed malpractice claims against dermatologists identified procedural errors and missed diagnoses as the most frequent types of claims. As with malpractice claims across other specialties, most were dismissed or withdrawn.