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Bridging The Relational-Regulatory Gap: A Pragmatic Information Policy For Patient Safety And Medical Malpractice, William M. Sage, Joshua G. Zivin, Nathaniel B. Chase

Vanderbilt Law Review

The medical malpractice crisis of the last few years has tapped a lot of scholarly energy. Time not spent on original research-adding to the store of knowledge about the medical malpractice system-is often spent communicating with policymakers and the public. These experiences have led us to think a lot about the amount and quality of information circulating within or concerning the medical malpractice system, and about public policy reforms that would improve information flow in the future.

No grand theory has emerged from this meditation. Instead, we have formed definite, though not immutable, opinions about a desirable information policy for …