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The Medical Liability Environment: Is It Really Any Worse for Hospitalists?
Jul 01, 2021
The editorial, published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, highlights research conducted by CRICO authors using Candello data on medical malpractice claims involving hospitalists. The authors of this editorial detail how Candello (previously called CBS) data fills in gaps often found in this particular field of patient safety research, as well as how the focus on hospitalists specifically brings to light how the liability field seems to be worsening for that particular group of clinicians.
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Kachalia A, Mello M. The medical liability environment: Is it really any worse for hospitalists? Journal of Hospital Medicine . 2021 Jul;16(7):446. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3629.
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