Article: Medical Malpractice: Three Myths That Cost Your Hospital Millions

Medical Malpractice: Three Myths That Cost Your Hospital Millions

What's the use?



Nothing you do will hold down the cost of medical malpractice. It feels that way sometimes, doesn't it?



Unfortunately, for many risk managers, that's not too far off the mark. What they're doing isn't working.



We can point to other industries, greedy lawyers, insurance companies trying to make up for losses in the stock market. But there's trouble within medical practices too.



A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed that many of the actions risk managers take actually backfire(1). They create more risk and drive up costs.



The problem is not the risk managers. It's myths about medical malpractice that dominate the healthcare industry. Three myths in particular are common and cost...
 

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Medical Malpractice: Three Myths That Cost Your Hospital Millions

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