title: Long-term solution to malpractice crises: reduce harm to patients.
abstract: Physician executives need to lead the charge and actually reduce harm to patients. Simply capping malpractice awards or changing the rules of litigation is not enough.
authors.affiliation: The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY, USA. SCS@cmwf.org
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Schoenbaum
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Segel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States