White House Announces Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration
To follow up on President Obama's pledge during his joint session of Congress on health reform, the White House has announced a $25 million HHS demonstration project designed to help states and health care systems improve patient safety and the management of medical liability claims. The three-part initiative will support: (1) competitive grants to states and health systems for implementation and evaluation of evidence-based patient safety and medical liability demonstrations; (2) planning grants and technical assistance; and (3) a rapid review of successful patient safety/medical liability reform initiatives, which will be used to evaluate grant submissions.
