NEW YORK STATE TO RECEIVE $2.99M FEDERAL GRANT TO SUPPORT MEDICAL LIABILITY DEMONSTRATION

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced the recipients of the medical liability reform and patient safety grants today. These grants are the result of strong AMA advocacy for physicians and close collaboration with the state medical associations, as we continue to work for comprehensive medical liability reform.

The grants fall into two categories:

Grants to jump-start and evaluate efforts. Three-year grants of up to $3 million to states and health systems for implementation and evaluation of medical liability and patient safety demonstrations.
Planning grants. One year grants of up to $300,000 to states and health systems in order to plan to implement and evaluate medical liability and patient safety demonstrations.

The grant recipients are:

Demonstration Grants:

> Timothy McDonald, M.D., J.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, $2,998,083.

> Stanley Davis, M.D., Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, $2,982,690.

> Eric Thomas, M.D., M.P.H., University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, $1,796,575.

> Ann Hendrich, M.S., R.N., F.A.A.N., Ascension Health System, St. Louis, MO, $2,990,612.

> Thomas Gallagher, M.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA, $2,972,209.

> Judy Kluger, J.D., New York State Unified Court System, New York, NY, $2,999,787.

> Alice Bonner, M.S., APRN, BC, Massachusetts State Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, $2,912,566.

In a related story:

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today announced grants to support efforts by States and health systems to implement and evaluate patient safety approaches and medical liability reforms. New York State will receive $2.99M to support a medical liability demonstration focusing on adverse events involving general surgical and obstetrical care at a small number of hospitals in New York, Bronx and Kings Counties. The demonstration involves an early disclosure component, a clinical safety initiative and in those instances where early disclosure has not lead to resolution, the direction of any medical malpractice lawsuit to selected judges in New York, Kings or Bronx Counties. The judges, who will be selected for their strengths and temperament, will receive training in targeted areas of medicine and in negotiation and mediation skills. Their goal will be to achieve rapid settlements whenever possible. This demonstration grant is part of the patient safety and medical liability initiative that President Obama announced during a September 9, 2009 address to a joint session of Congress. The NYS Office of Court administration and the NYS Department of Health had jointly applied for this demonstration funding.

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NEW YORK STATE TO RECEIVE $2.99M FEDERAL GRANT TO SUPPORT MEDICAL LIABILITY DEMONSTRATION

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