System Errors Contribute To 30 Percent Of Settled Malpractice Claims, According To New Claims Analysis By The Doctors Company, USA

In an effort to determine what impact health system errors1 have on medical malpractice claims, The Doctors Company, the nation’s leading physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, conducted a closed claims analysis and found that system errors contributed to 30 percent of settled claims. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on December 15th, 2007