Many, particularly those in the health industry, believe a major barrier to the openness and transparency necessary to reduce medical errors is malpractice litigation. However, it seems the opposite is true: malpractice claims are seemingly improving hospital transparency and reducing medical errors.

So says Joanna C. Schwarz at the NY Times. She concludes, after surveying more than 400 hospital risk management, claims management and quality improvement personnel throughout the country, that limiting this litigation may “actually impede patient safety efforts.”

Read the full article here:

[Learning from Litigation][1]

[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/opinion/how-health-care-is-learning-from-lawsuits.html?smid=fb-share&_r=2&&pagewanted=print “Learning from Litigation”