Health Affairs

The costs of the medical liability system have received attention in Health Affairs recently, and the dialogue presents an opportunity for foundations to make a difference in the medical liability system in a new way. Best practices are emerging that offer a patient-centered approach to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits while also improving patient safety. The... Read the rest of this entry »

This month I received a letter from a physician who was dismayed to learn that a colleague was leaving medical practice. He wrote in his letter, “One of my dear friends was nudged into retirement because he didn’t order enough tests on the equipment which his practice had purchased…. His loss [to the field] is... Read the rest of this entry »

The high cost of end-of-life care in the United States has been a source of hand-wringing among health economists and policy wonks for decades. (See “End-of-Life Savings: A ‘Fool’s Gold’ of Reform” on the Health Affairs Blog.) Nonetheless, a wise man once said, “Every problem has a solution.” This problem has a solution, too, and grantmakers... Read the rest of this entry »