National Advisory Council: Subcommittee on Patient Safety and Medical Medical Liability Reform and Patient SafetyThe National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality provides advice and recommendations to AHRQ's director and to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on priorities for a national health services research agenda. Subcommittee on Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform DemonstrationsOn October 26, 2009, the Subcommittee, part of the AHRQ National Advisory Committee, met.ChairRobert S. Galvin MDExecutive Director of Health Services and Chief Medical OfficerGeneral Electric CompanyFairfield, ConnecticutMembersChip Amoe, JD, MPAAssistant Director, Federal AffairsAmerican Society of AnesthesiologistsWashington, DCJoel ArioNational Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)Insurance Commissioner Pennsylvania Insurance DepartmentHarrisburg, PennsylvaniaDavid ArkushDirectorPublic Citizen's Congress WatchWashington, DCRichard C. Boothman, JDChief Risk OfficerUniversity of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor, MichiganRandall Bovbjerg, JDSenior FellowUrban InstituteWashington, DCLeo Boyle, JDPast-President American Association for Justice (AAJ)Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C.Boston, MassachusettsTed Clarke, MDChairman and Chief Executive OfficerCOPICDenver, ColoradoHelen DarlingPresidentNational Business Group on HealthWashington, DCBarbara Fildes CNM, MS, FACNMThe American College of Nurse-MidwivesManager, Regional Obstetrics ImprovementNew England Alliance for Health (NEAH) at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterLebanon, New HampshireTrent Haywood, MD JDChief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical Improvement ServicesVHA, Inc.East Irving, TexasWilliam A. Hazel Jr., MDMember, Board of TrusteesAmerican Medical AssociationHerndon, VirginiaStephan Landsman, JDAmerican Bar AssociationWashington, DCArthur Levin, MPHCenter for Medical ConsumersNew York, New YorkPatrick Malone, JDPatrick Malone and Associates PCWashington, DCTimothy B. McDonald, MD, JDChief Safety and Risk Officer for Health AffairsUniversity of IllinoisChicago, IllinoisMichelle Mello, JD, PhDProfessor of Law and Public HealthDepartment of Health Policy and ManagementHarvard School of Public HealthBoston, MassachusettsNancy RidleyDirectorBetsy Lehman Center for Patient SafetyMassachusetts Department of Public HealthBoston, MassachusettsWilliam M. Sage, MD, JDVice Provost for Health AffairsJames R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty ExcellenceThe University of Texas School of LawAustin TexasPaul Schyve, MDThe Joint CommissionOakbrook Terrace, IllinoisGerry SheaAFL-CIOWashington, DCLawrence E. SmarrPresidentPhysician Insurers Association of AmericaRockville, MarylandAlbert L. Strunk, JD, MD, FACOGDeputy Executive Vice-President and Vice-President, Fellowship ActivitiesThe American College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsWashington, D.C.Steven J. SummerAmerican Hospital AssociationPresident and Chief Executive OfficerColorado Hospital AssociationGreenwood Village, ColoradoSusan C. Waltman, JDExecutive Vice President and General CounselGreater New York Hospital AssociationNew York, New YorkAndrew Warshaw, MDAmerican College of SurgeonsSurgeon-in-Chief and Chairman, Department of SurgeryMassachusetts General HospitalBoston, MassachusettsMary Winter, JDBartimus, Frickleton, Robertson and Gorny P.C.Leawood, KansasDoug WojcieszakThe Sorry Works! CoalitionGlen Carbon, IllinoisHealth and Human Services ParticipantsCarolyn M. Clancy, MDDirector, Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityRockville, MarylandRima CohenCounselor to the Secretary for Health PolicyUS Department of Health and Human ServicesWashington, DCPresentersSusan Sheridan, MIM, MBAPresident, Consumers Advancing Patient SafetyEagle, IdahoScott Young, MDAssociate Executive Director, Clinical Care and InnovationSenior Medical Director and Co- Executive DirectorCare Management InstituteKaiser PermanenteOakland, CaliforniaGerald B. Hickson, MDJoseph C. Ross Chair in Medical Education and AdministrationCenter for Patient and Professional AdvocacyVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TennesseeJohn M Colmers, MDSecretary of Health and Mental HygieneDepartment of Health and Mental HygieneBaltimore, Maryland Current as of November 2009 Internet Citation: National Advisory Council: Subcommittee on Patient Safety and Medical : Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety. November 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/liability/medliabmem.html
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