{"id":963,"date":"2013-06-07T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=963"},"modified":"2016-08-30T16:24:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:24:14","slug":"medical-malpractice-lawsuits-do-not-have-harmful-effects-on-patient-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/medical-malpractice-lawsuits-do-not-have-harmful-effects-on-patient-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Do Not Have Harmful Effects on Patient Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In a May 16, 2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/17\/opinion\/how-health-care-is-learning-from-lawsuits.html?_r=0\"><i>New York Times <\/i>opinion page editorial<\/a>, written by assistant professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles, <a href=\"http:\/\/law.ucla.edu\/faculty\/all-faculty-profiles\/professors\/Pages\/joanna-schwartz.aspx\">Joanna <span>\u00a0<\/span>C. Schwartz<\/a>, discussed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthcare.gov\/law\/\">Affordable Care Act<\/a> in relation to medical malpractice lawsuits.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The article was titled, \u201cLearning from Litigation.\u201d The thrust of the article is that new evidence contradicts the \u201cconventional wisdom that malpractice litigation compromises the patient safety . . .\u201d<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Professor Schwartz says that the opposite appears to be occurring; <span>\u00a0<\/span>that with more openness and transparency, hospitals are responding to the risk of litigation in positive ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Professor Schwartz interviewed dozens of hospital risk managers who confirmed that a hospital\u2019s approach to lawsuits has begun to change.<span>\u00a0<\/span>She says that hospitals have become more open to handling medical errors up front and are apologizing to patients when mistakes do happen in some cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The given reason that hospitals are more open to these types of solutions is that in disclosing errors up front, hospitals and patients tend to resolve matters much earlier, reasonably and much more cost effectively.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/medical-malpractice-lawsuits-do-not-have-harmful-effects-on-patient-safety\/#more-963\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a May 16, 2013 New York Times opinion page editorial, written by assistant professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles, Joanna \u00a0C. 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