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Greatest impact of safe harbor rule may be to improve patient safety, not reduce liability claims paid by physicians.
The Oregon Health Authority analyzed the potential for safe harbors to improve patient safety and the performance of the medical liability system, as well as legal challenges and stakeholder concerns that might arise with legislation enacting safe harbors. They found that such legislation would have changed the liability outcome in favor of the physician defendant in only 1 percent of 266 claims from the period 2002–09 that were reviewed.
AHRQ-funded; HS019535.
Citation: Kachalia A, Little A, Isavoran M .
Greatest impact of safe harbor rule may be to improve patient safety, not reduce liability claims paid by physicians.
Health Aff 2014 Jan;33(1):59-66. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0834..
Keywords: Patient Safety, Medical Liability, Medical Errors, Quality of Care, Policy