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
S1E1: When Results Fall Through the Cracks
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In this episode of The Charted Defense, we examine what happens in the space between “result available” and “result acted upon.” Four real cases. Different states. Different specialties. A shared vulnerability hiding in plain sight.
This isn’t about dramatic surgical errors or obvious negligence. It’s about something far more common—and far more dangerous: the quiet breakdown of ownership, communication, and follow-through.
Where does responsibility actually live once a result is generated?
What does “sent” really mean?
And when information exists in the chart—but no one closes the loop—who carries the risk?