Your stake in hospital-based strategies for liability control.
Tort reform, regrettably, offers only limited hope for reducing the professional liability of physicians and hospitals. Formalized risk management programs soon may be demanded by state agencies, accrediting organizations, and liability carriers. Liability-related losses can be held to a minimum by adoption of a formal risk management program, aimed at preventing or minimizing untoward incidents and adverse patient outcomes and integrated with ongoing quality-of-care assessments and utilization-review programs. The use of adverse-outcome screens and similar criteria can be effective, but only when combined with physician review. Achieving the goals of risk management requires the cooperative involvement of physicians with the hospital staff and administration.
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