FM medmal cases concentrate around missed cancer (CRC, breast, melanoma, lung), abnormal-result follow-up failures, warfarin INR gaps, missed PE in low-suspicion presentations, and telephone-triage decisions. USPSTF, ACCP CHEST, and Beers Criteria define the floors. Cross-exam walks the witness through the chart's closed-loop documentation — or its absence.
Try the 2-min Family Medicine demo → All specialtiesFM cases turn on whether the chart shows closed-loop follow-up on abnormal results. USPSTF screening offers, INR check intervals, Wells score documentation for dyspnea — each is in the chart or it isn't. The "patient was non-compliant" defense collapses against the standard requiring documented physician-side escalation.
USPSTF-eligible patient; no documented screening offer or refusal across multiple visits.
Abnormal lab/imaging/path; no documented closed-loop notification, repeat order, or referral.
INR check gap >4 weeks for stable patient; bleeding or thrombosis event.
Dyspnea or pleuritic chest pain dismissed as anxiety; no Wells/PERC documented.
Nurse triage with home-care advice; no documented physician review for high-acuity symptoms.
Referral for evolving symptoms; no documented follow-up on whether visit occurred.
Elderly patient on multiple high-risk meds without documented Beers Criteria review.
A1C trending up; no documented med adjustment or specialty referral.
VICP-eligible adverse event; no VIS documentation per NCVIA.
Lock the witness into blaming the patient, then juxtapose against the standard requiring documented physician-side escalation (call back, certified mail, repeat outreach).
Why this lands: witness has framed a documentation gap as patient non-compliance.
FM cases turn on chart-documented closed-loop follow-up on abnormal results. The USPSTF screening canon, ACCP CHEST INR protocols, and Beers Criteria are real published floors. Generic depo-prep AI doesn't engage them.
USPSTF Recommendations (A/B-grade screening), ACCP CHEST Antithrombotic Therapy, AGS Beers Criteria + STOPP/START.
Yes. Expert-prep mode runs the AI as hostile plaintiff counsel against your defense family physician.
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No signup, no mic. Cross-exam architecture transfers to FM — lock witness into closed-loop documentation, walk the chart.
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