Saturday, March 11, 2017

Malpractice Reduction and Standardization of Care; 2 Sides of the Same Coin

 2017 Mar 9. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14621. [Epub ahead of print]

Malpractice Reduction and Standardization of Care; 2 Sides of the Same Coin.

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Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.

Abstract

The tort system in the U.S. functions poorly in adjudicating blame and providing compensation for adverse medical outcomes, and the overhead costs of this system are exorbitant. (Studdert etal.NEngJMed2006;354: 2024-33) The question is whether the system can be improved within the constraints of fairness and justice to both patients and providers, and the financial realities of a broken U.S. health care system.

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