Great points, James. I'm not sure we disagree! Lists help, but they don't solve everything (and they won't put me out of work, either). But, like you, I'd like to see fewer injured people regardle...
I look forward to your next article. Checklists are a great idea, but more so on paper, from my personal experience, in the last 25 years of claims, mistakes may have been averted, but never prev...
James, You owe it to yourself to do more research. You state that, "Checklists do not work." To the contrary, they have been proven to work in hospital settings, as Atul Gawande wrote about in 2...
Thanks for the discourse. If one in 10 incidents result in a claim, and less than 10% of those go to trial, to wield the (financial you better practice better medicine hammer), and less than 20% r...
Thanks for the comments. @James O'Hare, you write that "Mistakes happen and trying harder, based on financial penalty, wont fix the problem." To the contrary. "Financial penalty" as you put it...
There is too much med mal, and as a 25 year claims guy, I have job security. Medical care wont get better based on punitive damages. Mistakes happen and trying harder, based on financial penalty, won...
I like your article. Medical malpractice reform is a difficult subject but I respect both sides. I follow another blog that has good info about it from time to time. Www.equotemd.com/blog Dr. Gupta
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