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Paid malpractice claims among US physicians declined significantly
Between 1992 and 2014, there was a significant decline in paid malpractice claims, possibly due to several factors, including the passage of traditional tort reforms during this period, improvements in patient safety, how institutions and insurers resolve claims and/or the increasing prevalence of communication and resolution programs, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.“In 1986, Congress created the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) to serve as a centralized database of malpractice claims paid on behalf of U.S. physicians,” Adam C. Schaffer, MD, from the division of general medicine at (Read more...)