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What Results Should Be Returned From Opportunistic Screening In Translational Research?, Colin M.E. Halverson, Sarah H. Jones, Laurie Novak, Christopher Simpson, Digna R. Velez Edwards, Sifang K. Zhao, Ellen W. Clayton
What Results Should Be Returned From Opportunistic Screening In Translational Research?, Colin M.E. Halverson, Sarah H. Jones, Laurie Novak, Christopher Simpson, Digna R. Velez Edwards, Sifang K. Zhao, Ellen W. Clayton
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Increasingly, patients without clinical indications are undergoing genomic tests. The purpose of this study was to assess their appreciation and comprehension of their test results and their clinicians’ reactions. We conducted 675 surveys with participants from the Vanderbilt Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) cohort. We interviewed 36 participants: 19 had received positive results, and 17 were self-identified racial minorities. Eleven clinicians who had patients who had participated in eMERGE were interviewed. A further 21 of these clinicians completed surveys. Participants spontaneously admitted to understanding little or none of the information returned to them from the eMERGE study. However, they …
An Empirical Assessment Of Early Offer Reform For Medical Malpractice, W. Kip Viscusi, Wesley A. Magat, Joel Huber
An Empirical Assessment Of Early Offer Reform For Medical Malpractice, W. Kip Viscusi, Wesley A. Magat, Joel Huber
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The early offer reform proposal for medical malpractice provides an option for claimants to receive prompt payment of all their net economic losses and reasonable attorney fees. Using a large sample of closed individual medical malpractice claims from Texas supplemented by data from Florida, this article provides an empirical assessment of the consequences of the early offer reform. Noneconomic damages make up about two-thirds of paid claim amounts. The minimum payment amount for serious injuries will affect the magnitude of insurer savings and claimant compensation. Payments to claimants will be expedited by 2 years by the early offer reform, and …
An Empirical Assessment Of Early Offer Reform For Medical Malpractice, Joni Hersch, W. Kip Viscusi
An Empirical Assessment Of Early Offer Reform For Medical Malpractice, Joni Hersch, W. Kip Viscusi
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The early offer reform proposal for medical malpractice provides an option for claimants to receive prompt payment of all their net economic losses and reasonable attorney fees. Using a large sample of closed individual medical malpractice claims from Texas supplemented by data from Florida, this article provides an empirical assessment of the consequences of the early offer reform. Noneconomic damages make up about two-thirds of paid claim amounts. The minimum payment amount for serious injuries will affect the magnitude of insurer savings and claimant compensation. Payments to claimants will be expedited by 2 years by the early offer reform, and …
Damages: Using A Case Study To Teach Law, Lawyering, And Dispute Resolution, Chris Guthrie
Damages: Using A Case Study To Teach Law, Lawyering, And Dispute Resolution, Chris Guthrie
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Seven law school faculty members and one practicing attorney recently developed and taught a wholly new kind of law course based on an already published case study, Damages: One Family's Legal Struggles in the World of Medicine, by Barry Werth, an investigative reporter who spent several years researching to write the book. Damages, an in-depth account of a medical malpractice case, presents the perspectives of the injured family, the defendant physician, the lawyers, and the three mediators. In this Symposium Introduction, the authors provide a summary of Werth's book, explain why they decided to create a course based on his …
Development Of An Early Identification And Response Model Of Malpractice Prevention, Ellen Wright Clayton, Gerald B. Hickson, James W. Pichert, Charles F. Federspiel
Development Of An Early Identification And Response Model Of Malpractice Prevention, Ellen Wright Clayton, Gerald B. Hickson, James W. Pichert, Charles F. Federspiel
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The dramatic rise in the incidence of malpractice claims over the past thirty years has revealed several problems with the U.S. system of medical dispute resolution. First, the sudden and unexpected increase in claims has created an insurance crisis wherein various medical specialists have had difficulty obtaining affordable insurance coverage. One such crisis occurred in Florida in the mid-1980's, when an inability of many physicians to procure medical malpractice coverage caused some to limit or curtail their practice. This resulted in access problems for the public. This phenomenon has disproportionately befallen physicians practicing obstetric medicine. Second, besides contributing to periodic …
"New And Improved" Estimates Of Qualification Discrimination, Joni Hersch, Joe A. Stone
"New And Improved" Estimates Of Qualification Discrimination, Joni Hersch, Joe A. Stone
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The early offer reform proposal for medical malpractice provides an option for claimants to receive prompt payment of all their net economic Losses and reasonable attorney fees. Using a Large sample of closed individual medical malpractice claims from Texas supplemented by data from Florida, this article provides an empirical assessment of the consequences of the early offer reform. Noneconomic damages make up about two-thirds of paid claim amounts. The minimum payment amount for serious injuries will affect the magnitude of insurer savings and claimant compensation. Payments to claimants will be expedited by 2 years by the early offer reform, and …