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Project Jessica.
Tanya and Phil Barnett.
This Web site includes a video chronicling how an undiagnosed heart condition led to a teenager's death and offers tips for patients to prevent medical errors.
Book/Report
VA Health Care: VA Uses Medical Injury Tort Claims Data to Assess Veterans’ Care, but Should Take Action to Ensure That These Data Are Complete.
Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; October 28, 2011. Publication GAO-12-6R.
This report reviews injury claim data to assess quality of care in the Veterans Affairs health system.
Web Resource > Government Resource
Medical Liability Reform & Patient Safety Initiative.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
This website disseminates information regarding an AHRQ-funded initiative to implement and evaluate medical liability reform improvements that support safe patient care.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
Full disclosure of medical errors reduces malpractice claims and claim costs for health system.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Health Care Innovations Exchange. June 18, 2014.
Full disclosure programs have shown to be effective mechanisms for early resolution of adverse events. This article reveals one early adopter's experience with full disclosure and provides insights from the architects of the program to guide others in implementing similar strategies and spread success associated with the approach.
Book/Report
VA Health Care: Selected Credentialing Requirements at Seven Medical Facilities Met, but an Aspect of Privileging Process Needs Improvement.
Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; May 2006. Publication GAO-06-648.
This report reviews findings from a federal inspection indicating that Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, while complying with basic credentialing policies, are not routinely submitting malpractice data as required to be used by the VA to inform privileging determinations.