Sunday, December 5, 2010

Malpractice Methodology by Peter Orszag

Article in the NYT, October 20th, 2010

How can we encourage doctors to make evidence based decisions and while avoiding excessive care?
Aggressive national effort to protect doctors who follow evidence-based guidelines. That's how malpractice reform could broadly promote the adoption of best practices.

NASA-like mistake reporting system that provides immunity for reporting system failures.

Better align financial incentives for delivering higher-quality care.
Hospitals lose medicare dollars if they succeed in reducing readmissions. Medical professionals should be given incentives for better care rather than more care.

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