Resolving Malpractice Claims after Tort Reform: Experience in a Self-Insured Texas Public Academic Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the litigation experience in a state with strict tort reform of a large public university health system that has committed to transparency with patients and families in resolving medical errors.

Data sources/study setting

Secondary data collected from The University of Texas System, which self-insures approximately 6,000 physicians at six health campuses across the state. We obtained internal case management data for all medical malpractice claims closed during 1 year before and 6 recent years following the enactment of state tort reform legislation.

Study design

We retrospectively reviewed information about malpractice claimants, malpractice claims, and the process and outcome of dispute resolution.

Data collection/extraction methods

We a

SUBMITTER: Sage WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5134350 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature