Reforming Medical Justice Blog Series

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Author(s): N. Barrand; P. Barringer; J. Ingram; M. Mello; D. Studdert

Research Area: Health

Type: Report

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The blog of the Pioneer Portfolio, Pioneering Ideas, hosts three discussions of the need for, and value of, system change in the medical justice arena.



RWJF Senior Program Officer and Pioneer team member Nancy Barrand and Senior Counsel Jim Ingram introduce the concept of administrative health courts and explaining why Pioneer is supporting the development and testing of this new model of medical justice.



Paul Barringer, general counsel for RWJF grantee Common Good, explains the relationship among medical liability reform, health courts and increased patient safety, and



Harvard School of Public Health researchers Michelle Mello and David Studdert will describe the research they led to guide the design and feasibility of the health courts model.