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MedMal Links
Tort Reform
American Medical Association: Medical Liability Reform Policy
Insurance Information Institute: Medical Malpractice
The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Health Care
Patient Safety and Reduction of Medical Errors
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Errors & Patient Safety
Leapfrog Group: National Employer Response to Healthcare Quality Issues
Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Module: Reducing Medical Errors
Reduction of Litigation
Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy: Research and education on reasons patients sue their doctors, appropriate disclosure of medical errors, and patient safety.
Dr. Michael S. Woods, author of Healing Words: The Power of Apology in Medicine
COPIC Insurance Company's 3R's Program: Recognize, Respond, and Resolve medical errors before they become malpractice lawsuits
Insurance Regulation
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, founded by Havey Rosenfield, author of California's Proposition 103
Public Citizen
Center for Justice and Democracy: Insurance Industry Reform
State by State Medical Liability Legislation Guides
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
McCullough, Cambell, and Lane: Summary of Medical Malpractice Law
Recent Research
United States Government Accountability Office:
United States Congressional Budget Office:
Under enterprise liability responsibility for defending malpractice claims is placed on institutions rather than individual practitioners and their indemnity entity. A survey of Ireland's parallel medical liability crisis.
Medical Indemnity - Enterprise Liability - Briefing Paper Department of Health and Children, Government of Ireland, 2000
A comparative look at how other countries manage medical malpractice in a variety of health care delivery systems. Robert Lowes. Malpractice: Do other countries hold the key? Medical Economics Jul. 25, 2003;80:58
The California Factor: MICRA vs Proposition 103
Medical courts, arbitration systems are among the ideas gaining attention as answers to the malpractice liability crisis. Michael Romano. Special Report: Trial and Error Medical Economics, Sept. 8, 2003
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