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Medical Malpractice Liability in the Age of Electronic Health Records

November 18, 2010 | Journal Article

The malpractice liability implications of the increased use of electronic health records (EHRs) will vary over the course of EHR adoption into medical practice, ending in a shift in the legal standards of care.

A Business Plan for Expanding an Online Health Center

June 27, 2011 | Program Result Report

Planned Parenthood of Columbia/Willamette developed a business plan for expanding its Online Health Center to other states. It allows women in Oregon and Washington to access contraceptive services via the Internet.

Researchers Generate Reports and Online Info on Ethical and Legal Issues of Genetics

July 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

From 2001 to 2003, a California-based research group, the Institute for the Future, used two exploratory grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to assess health care decision-makers' knowledge about new discoveries in genetics and to develop two proposals for a major educational initiative to inform health care leaders about the new discoveries, their clinical applications and the legal and ethical issues surrounding them. In 2002, RWJF turned down the two proposals partly bec...

Creating Health Courts Through Consent

July 1, 2008 | Report

This product was provided to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by the grantee organization, Common Good Institute, Inc.

Resolving Medical Malpractice Cases in Health Courts - An Alternative to the Current Tort System

August 15, 2010 | Program Result Report

Common Good Institute staff and researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health developed and promoted an administrative alternative, called health courts, to the current tort system for resolving medical malpractice cases.

The Role of Medical Liability Reform in Federal Health Care Reform

July 2, 2009 | Commentary

This article explores three reasons why bundling both medical liability reform and health care reform may prove valuable in health care reform development.

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