Developing Safe Harbors to Address Malpractice Liability and Wasteful Health Care Spending

James F Blumstein; Benjamin J McMichael; Alan B Storrow

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3899

Developing Safe Harbors to Address Malpractice Liability and Wasteful Health Care Spending

JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Nov 3;4(11):e233899. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3899.

Authors

James F Blumstein¹, Benjamin J McMichael², Alan B Storrow³

Affiliations

¹ Vanderbilt University Law School and Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee.
² University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

PMID: 37991781
DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3899

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the feasibility of developing safe harbors that account for the role of medical malpractice liability and go beyond generic guidelines discouraging the overuse of health care resources.

MeSH terms

Health Expenditures*
Health Facilities
Liability, Legal
Malpractice*