The Charted Defense
The Charted Defense Podcast
Welcome to The Charted Defense Podcast — where medicine meets the law.
I’m Michael Coleman, MD, a practicing physician and hospital medicine leader, sharing practical lessons from real-world malpractice themes, sepsis workflow failures, abnormal-result follow-up misses, and documentation breakdowns that put patients and clinicians at risk.
Each episode turns complex medical-legal issues into clear, actionable takeaways for physicians, advanced practice clinicians, and healthcare leaders. You’ll hear case-based analysis, system-level risk management strategies, and communication frameworks you can apply immediately in clinical practice.
If you care about safer care, cleaner documentation, and reducing preventable legal exposure, this show is for you.
What you can expect
- Medical malpractice case breakdowns in plain language
- Clinical communication and handoff failure analysis
- Documentation and follow-up systems that hold up under scrutiny
- Practical physician checklists for day-to-day risk reduction
Disclaimer: This podcast is for education and commentary only. It is not medical or legal advice and does not create a physician-patient or attorney-client relationship.
The Charted Defense
Latest Episodes
No Note, No Defense | Case 8
A college student walks into a community emergency department after a reported fall. The CT shows bilateral frontal hemorrhages. A neurosurgeon directs her care by phone from home — orders are placed, but no narrative note explains the re...
The Closing Window: The Trial and the Lessons | Case 7 Episode 2
The trial, the verdict, and the lessons. A six-person jury, a two-week trial, a defense verdict on every count, and an appeal that is now pending. How the plaintiff turned vocabulary differences across providers into an argument. How the...
The Closing Window: The Patient's Story | Case 7 Episode 1
A taxi driver finishes his overnight shift and feels something change. He arrives at a major urban emergency department within minutes of the symptoms beginning. Stroke alert is called. CT is clear. The team offers the clot-dissolving med...
Nine Decision Points | Case 6 episode 3
The teaching episode. Nine specific moments across this case where a different decision could have changed the outcome — from the PCP's office to the ED triage to the radiologist's read. Each one a small choice. Each one part of a chain. ...
Page 334 | On The Record | Case 6 Episode 2
The deposition story. A single page of the medical record — the page the plaintiff's attorney returned to again and again — became the load-bearing document of the case. How a routine triage note became the moment the case turned. The tri...
