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The Role of Medical Liability Reform in Federal Health Care Reform This article explores three reasons why bundling both medical liability reform and health care reform may prove valuable in health care reform development. Published In: The New England Journal of Medicine (Online First)	Journal articles	11/20/2009
Could Health Courts Provide An Answer on Malpractice Reform? One proposal receiving increasing attention is the creation of a system of specialized health courts, which would apply rational, consistent standards to resolving medical liability claims and compensating injured patients.	Stories and articles	10/23/2009
Administrative Compensation of Medical Injuries: A Hardy Perennial Blooms Again (from 2008: The Year in Research) This article compares the history of administrative medical injury compensation proposals to other reparation systems, and explores why health courts have not been successful to date.	Stories and articles	01/08/2009
Adjudicating Severe Birth Injury in Florida and Virginia The current system of medical malpractice fails to provide fair compensation and does little to improve health safety or quality. This article discusses two programs that seek to change the structure of the medical malpractice system: the Florida Neurological... Published In: American Journal of Law & Medicine	Journal articles	12/17/2008
Administrative Compensation of Medical Injuries This article describes the history of proposals for administrative compensation of medical injuries, and explores why reforms have not been successful to date. As the issue resurfaces, the authors examine the future of health care reform in this area. Published In: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law	Journal articles	07/17/2008
Administrative "Health Courts" for Medical Injury Claims Renewed proposals for the adoption of an administrative compensation system for medical injury claims inspired these authors to examine whether such a reform is constitutional according to federal law and to consider the issues in their historical context. Published In: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law	Journal articles	07/17/2008
Beyond Negligence Disenchantment with the tort system and rising medical liability costs in the United States, which have deepened policy-makers' concerns about the malpractice system's ultimate effect on the quality of patient care, are increasing interest in alternative... Published In: Social Science & Medicine	Journal articles	12/31/2007
Health Courts, Administrative Compensation and Patient Safety: Research, Policy and Practice The fourth in a series of national forums sponsored by RWJF discussed patient-safety focused alternatives to the current medical liability system and received feedback from key stakeholders.	Video	11/01/2007
Michelle Mello Podcast on Health Courts In this podcast, Michelle Mello of the Harvard School of Public Health discusses health courts as an alternative to the current tort system for medical malpractice issues.	Audio podcasts	08/24/2007
Reforming Medical Justice Blog Series The Pioneering Ideas blog hosts discussions of the need for, and value of, change in the medical justice arena. Published In: Pioneering Ideas Blog	Reports	05/08/2007

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