"Liability and Patient Health" 3/4/2003
AEI-Brookings Joint Center and Common Good, Washington, D.C.
This conference focuses on such issues as the fear of being sued continues to transform medicine in ways that are counterproductive to many health care constituencies and how this fear of legal action has affected important patient health issues such as access to care, medical errors, and innovation.
Welcome
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Welcome: Robert W. Hahn, Joint Center.
Speaker: Alex Azar, general counsel, Department of Health and Human Services.
Panel I: The Effect of Liability on Patient Health
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This panel discusses the effect of liability on patient health and examines the impact of liability on the quality and availability of health care.
Moderator: Patricia M. Danzon, University of Pennsylvania.
Panelists: Randall R. Bovbjerg, Urban Institute; Steven Garber, Rand Institute for Civil Justice;
Eric Holmboe, Yale Medical School; Marshall Kapp, Wright State University; and Michelle Mello, Harvard School of Public Health.
Panel II: Assessing Possible Reforms
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This panel examines existing and imagined alternative adjudication and compensation structures from a patient perspective.
Moderator: Robert E. Litan, Joint Center.
Panelists: John Euler, Department of Justice; Martin J. Hatlie, Partnership for Patient Safety; Philip K. Howard, Common Good; and David M. Studdert, Harvard School of Public Health.
Lunch Speaker and Closing Remarks
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Speaker: David Beier, former chief Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore, and a partner at Hogan and Hartson in the Health, Legislative, and Internet Law Groups.
Closing: Philip K. Howard, Common Good.
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