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Medical Liability System Hinders Improvements in Patient Safety: Joint Commission Expert Panel Offers Solutions to Crisis Charlene D. Hill
Joint Commission News Release, February 10, 2005 In a press release, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) announced the publication of its white paper
on reforming the medical liability system with an emphasis on “the critical
importance of open communication” in the patient-doctor relationship. The paper
was developed in collaboration with an Expert Roundtable, in which Common Good
Chair Philip K. Howard participated. The Joint Commission supports a new
system for medical justice and agrees with Mr. Howard that the current method
has “infected health care with a debilitating distrust.” Article no longer available online.
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