Table 6.2••Grants Made Through Improving Malpractice Prevention and Compensation Systems, 1994 to Present.

# Grantee Institution Principal Investigator Amount
Awarded
Purposes of the Grant

1 Copic Medical Foundation
(11/1/94 to 4/30/96)
K. Mason Howard, M.D. $823,169 Feasibility study for and design of a non-fault-based malpractice compensation system in Colorado.
2 Utah Alliance for Health Care
(11/1/94 to 10/31/96)
Elliot Williams, Esq. 729,520 Feasibility study for and design of an enterprise liability demonstration in Utah.
3 Center for Health Policy Research and Education, Duke University
(6/1/95 to 5/31/97)
Frank A. Sloan, Ph.D 526,013 Evaluation of  Florida and Virginia no-fault compensation systems for birth-related injuries.
4 Wake Forest University School of Law
(6/1/95 to 12/31/96)
Ralph A. Peeples, J.D.
Thomas B. Metzloff, J.D.
98,446 Evaluation of court-ordered mediation of malpractice cases in North Carolina.
5 Children's Hospital of Vanderbilt University
(1/1/96 to 12/31/96)
Gerald B. Hickson, M.D. 667,291 Demonstration and evaluation of a program of early identification of and response to malpractice risk.
6 Private Adjudication Center, Duke University
(2/1/97 to 8/31/97)
Thomas B. Metzloff, J.D.
Francis E. McGovern, J.D.
132,732 Planning for a randomized experiment to test mandatory arbitration for malpractice cases in the Philadelphia courts.
7 RAND Corporation
(8/1/96 to 7/31/97)
Elizabeth Rolph, Ph.D.
John E. Rolph, Ph.D.
177,225 Evaluation of contractual arrangements requiring alternative dispute resolution in managed care organizations.

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