Claims, errors, and compensation payments in medical malpractice litigation.

By D. Studdert, M. Mello, A. Gawande, T. Gandhi, A. Kachalia, Catherine S. Yoon, A. Puopolo, T. Brennan. New England Journal of Medicine, 2006

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Subfields: Emergency Medical Services, General Health Professions, Pharmacy

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• Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in the Ambulatory Setting: A Study of Closed Malpractice Claims (2006, background): “Diagnostic errors are one of the most difficult types of errors to detect reliably (31).”
• Cognitive biases associated with medical decisions: a systematic review (2016, background): “outcomes, which are the most common reasons for patients’ dissatisfaction and medical complaints [54, 64, 65].”
• Economics, Fairness and Algorithmic Bias (2020, neutral): “If EMRs improve quality of care, then they lower the likelihood of malpractice claims (Studdert et al., 2006).”