Health Affairs Briefing: Patient Safety, Medical Liability, And Emergency Dept. Use
August 23rd, 2010
by
Chris Fleming
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The September 2010 issue of Health Affairs is devoted to two issues that arguably were insufficiently addressed by the Affordable Care Act: medical liability and patient safety; and the growing nonemergency use of the nation’s hospital emergency rooms.
The issue contains new estimates of how much medical liability costs the health care system overall; of the likely savings from national tort reform; and of cost savings from the adoption of a surgical safety checklist. In addition, contributors examine the reasons behind the rising number of Americans who seek acute care at emergency rooms rather than doctors’ offices and the prospects for reversing the trend as the newly insured get set to join the queue.
On September 7, 2010, Health Affairs will welcome policy experts at a briefing to discuss these issues. Speakers so far will include: Michelle Mello, Professor of Law and Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health; Philip G. Boysen, executive associate dean for graduate medical education, UNC School of Medicine; J. William Thomas, visiting professor, Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy, University of Southern Maine; Stephen R. Pitts, emergency room physician, Emory University Hospital Midtown; Arthur L. Kellermann, Paul O’Neill Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis, RAND; Ateev Mehrotra, policy analyst, RAND, and assistant professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and Angela Gardner, president, American College of Emergency Physicians.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: National Press Club
529 14 Street NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC
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