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September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Two organizations worked to develop administrative no-fault malpractice compensation systems in Colorado and Utah and to collect and analyze medical-injury data for the two states.
May 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
From 2000 to 2003, staff at the National Academy for State Health Policy assisted state officials in developing strategies to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety through mandatory hospital reporting systems.
May 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The Urban Institute documented trends in the medical malpractice environment and demonstrated how the malpractice environment affects defensive medicine in obstetrics practice.
November 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1996 and 1998, a range of organizations co-sponsored two multidisciplinary national conferences examining the problem of errors in medicine and health care.
January 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
A team of filmmakers led by producer Frank Christopher created two media products that examined innovative efforts to improve the quality of health care at selected medical institutions around the country.
December 16, 2011 | Program Result Report
Interdisciplinary research teams at four institutions examined nursing's role in - and contribution to - medication management in hospital and transitional care settings.
July 11, 2012 | Program Result Report
Health Care for All, a Boston-based consumer advocacy organization, worked to give consumers a voice in implementing state health reform legislation that expanded insurance coverage in Massachusetts, and in reforming its payment systems.
August 15, 2010 | Program Result Report
Common Good Institute staff and researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health developed and promoted an administrative alternative, called health courts, to the current tort system for resolving medical malpractice cases.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Northwestern University studied the impact of the National Practitioner Data Bank on the process of resolving medical malpractice claims.
March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Leapfrog Group developed standards for evaluating hospitals' use of computerized physician order entry systems, and devised and tested techniques to raise awareness about the importance of considering the presence of systems.