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Malpractice Suits Cost US Billions Of Dollars
Also, malpractice appears to have a huge psychological impact on physicians that may exceed the actual financial strain, say Michelle Mello, a professor of law and public health at the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues.
In their analysis, Emily Carrier, senior health researcher at the Center for Studying Health System Change, in Washington, D.C. and colleagues find that physicians’ perceptions of the threat of being sued are out of step with their actual risk of being the target of a malpractice lawsuit.
The Fairview Northland project is one of seven state Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Demonstration Grants launched by the Obama administration this past June. The grants total $25 million. Projects focus on steps to ward off lawsuits: reducing preventable instances of harm in hospitals; informing patients promptly when they’ve been injured; providing prompt compensation; and engaging in court-directed dispute resolution to achieve rapid settlements in cases of injury.
An underlying theme is that improved communication—among members of a medical team, between doctors and patients, and even between parties to a potential court case—will cut down on errors and litigation, writes Stephen Langel, a senior editor at Health Affairs.
"We need to move the process of resolving medical errors away from the courtroom and closer to the bedside," says William Sage, a professor of law and vice provost at the University of Texas at Austin.
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