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- Personal Facts:
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Five-Star Doctor at University Hospital & Medical Center in Medical Diagnosis.
Five-Star Doctor at Broward General Medical Center in Medical Diagnosis.
Five-Star Doctor at Coral Springs Medical Center in Medical Diagnosis.
HealthGrades Five-Star Doctors are affiliated with a hospital that is highly rated by HealthGrades; are board certified in the
specialty they practice; have never had their license restricted or revoked; are free of state or federal disciplinary actions; and are
free of any malpractice claims.
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- Specialties:
- Gastroenterology
- (HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Stewart W. Bitman, MD is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine)
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- Internal Medicine
- (HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Stewart W. Bitman, MD is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Information from ABMS® is proprietary data maintained in a copyrighted database compilation owned by the American Board of Medical Specialties®. © Copyright 2009 American Board of Medical Specialties. All rights reserved.
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HealthGrades has examined disciplinary actions within the last five years from the Office of Inspector General and 50 state medical boards.
HealthGrades could not detect any disciplinary actions for Dr. Stewart W. Bitman, MD
as of 12/17/2009.
Note: HealthGrades reports on state and federal disciplinary actions (if any) from the previous five years.
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- Closed Malpractice Claims:
- Malpractice History Found
- State: FL
- Amount or Range: 700000
- Claim Type: Settlement
- Incident Date: 1995-06-02 00:00:00
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Note: HealthGrades collects malpractice and lawsuit information for the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
• Florida reports settlements of $100,000 or greater within the last 10 years.
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- Closed Malpractice Claims:
- Malpractice History Found
- State: FL
- Amount or Range: 224075
- Claim Type: Settlement
- Incident Date: 2000-07-17 00:00:00
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Note: HealthGrades collects malpractice and lawsuit information for the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
• Florida reports settlements of $100,000 or greater within the last 10 years.
Medical malpractice is ordinary negligence by a healthcare provider which causes injury. Examples include being improperly diagnosed, treated, medicated or operated upon outside the standard of care.
Standard of care is that level of care, skill and treatment which is recognized as acceptable and appropriate by a reasonably prudent similar healthcare provider under similar circumstances.
If your physician has settled a malpractice claim or has a judgment on a malpractice claim, evaluate the information and make a determination. You may want to use this information to start a discussion with the physician.
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