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Medical Malpractice: Why is it so Hard for Doctors to Apologize?
Jan 27, 2013
Since 1990, CRICO has been analyzing claims from 520 health systems around the country that employ more than 75,000 physicians. The database it has created—the Comparative Benchmarking System—is the most detailed repository of malpractice data in the world. “This can transform the system of care,” says Mark Reynolds, CRICO’s current president. “If I had to be bold, I’d say our data mining largely explains why our claims rates are lower than other regions.”
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Sanghavi D. “Medical malpractice: Why is it so hard for doctors to apologize” Boston Globe Magazine. January 27, 2013:16-21
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