New legal protections for reporting patient errors under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act: a review of the medical literature and analysis.
Howard J, Levy F, Mareiniss DP, et al. New legal protections for reporting patient errors under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act: a review of the medical literature and analysis. J Patient Saf. 2010;6(3):147-52.
This study found few published articles in medical literature describing the legal protections for error disclosure by physicians. The authors suggest that this may reflect a need for greater awareness of the protections afforded by the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act.