The medical tort system does not deter medical errors, compensates a small percentage of patients affected by negligent care, and is driving shortages in specialty care through rapidly rising insurance rates. New approaches, including an administrative system of health courts may address these issues and improve patient safety.
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Obstacles Block Testing New Ways to Resolve Medical Malpractice Cases
September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Private Adjudication Center, an affiliate of Duke University School of Law, wrote a paper and held a conference examining issues regarding the use of court-ordered arbitration in medical malpractice cases.
Researchers Study the Trend of Using Arbitration to Resolve Health Care Delivery Problems
September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the RAND Corporation conducted the first phase of a two-phase project to evaluate the pattern of use of binding arbitration agreements by California health care plans and providers and their effect on dispute outcomes.
A Plan of Voluntary Mediation as Alternative for Malpractice Claims Doesn't Make it to the Demonstration Phase
September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 1998, staff at the Harvard School of Public Health developed the design of a voluntary mediation demonstration program for resolving medical malpractice disputes.
Can the No-Fault Approach Contain Malpractice Insurance Costs?
September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center evaluated the Florida and Virginia administrative no-fault medical malpractice compensation programs for birth-related neurological injuries.
Improving Malpractice Prevention and Compensation Systems
September 11, 2007 | Program Result Report
Improving Malpractice Prevention and Compensation Systems was a national initiative to support promising new mechanisms to prevent negligent medical occurrences and to compensate patients injured by medical care.
Insurance Premiums Decline in States Capping Malpractice Payouts, Alabama University Study Finds
December 29, 2007 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham examined state medical malpractice reform legislation to evaluate the effects of malpractice reforms on physician malpractice insurance premiums.
Addressing the Problem of Medical Malpractice
January 1, 1997 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology synthesizes the findings and examines the implications of the Foundation's efforts associated with malpractice to help foster innovations in the way insurance issues are handled at the state level.
Bending the Curve: Person-Centered Health Care Reform
April 29, 2013 | Report
Experts recommend solutions for closing the gaps in quality and efficiency of health care.
Medical Malpractice
April 1, 2011 | Report
This Update reviews the evidence concerning the effects of both traditional and innovative medical liability reforms on defensive medicine and medical liability costs.
National Healthcare Disparities Report
February 1, 2008 | Report
The Importance of Reducing Disparities For more than 20 years, research has documented the persistent gaps in health care quality that disproportionately affect Americans from specific racial and ethnic backgrounds. Many who experience disparate car ...