Both patients and doctors have serious concerns about medical malpractice, but it’s possible that the existing medical malpractice system causes physicians to order unnecessary tests. In the long run, these unneeded tests are not good for the patient, either, which is why a new study decided to tackle the issue of whether there was a connection between a doctor’s malpractice fear and his or her likelihood to order tests. Medical malpractice involves cases of medical negligence such as failure to diagnose, delayed diagnosis, improper treatment, surgical errors, unnecessary surgery, …