Comments on: Another editorial sides with the AMA on the Studdert malpractice study http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/05/another-editorial-sides-with-ama-on.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/05/another-editorial-sides-with-ama-on.html#comment-63268 Anonymous Mon, 22 May 2006 13:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/05/another-editorial-sides-with-the-ama-on-the-studdert-malpractice-study.html#comment-63268 When the studies go in your favor, your lobbyists cite the studies. When the studies don't go in your favor, your lobbyists attack the study.<br/><br/>Either way, regardless of the quality of the study (and this study is fairly unassailable), people still conclude what they want to conclude facts be damned, as evidenced by this statement:<br/><br/>"In fact, there's every reason to believe that an independent no-fault system run through special medical courts would do a far better job of awarding compensation to the truly deserving far faster, with far less uncertainty and personal trauma, and at far less cost." When the studies go in your favor, your lobbyists cite the studies. When the studies don’t go in your favor, your lobbyists attack the study.

Either way, regardless of the quality of the study (and this study is fairly unassailable), people still conclude what they want to conclude facts be damned, as evidenced by this statement:

“In fact, there’s every reason to believe that an independent no-fault system run through special medical courts would do a far better job of awarding compensation to the truly deserving far faster, with far less uncertainty and personal trauma, and at far less cost.”

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/05/another-editorial-sides-with-ama-on.html#comment-63245 Anonymous Sat, 20 May 2006 18:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/05/another-editorial-sides-with-the-ama-on-the-studdert-malpractice-study.html#comment-63245 "trial lawyers -- who appear to benefit from the system more than anyone else -- have convinced many Americans that any other system would fail to adequately compensate those who suffer serious injury as a result of medical error."<br/><br/>I doubt this is accurate. The majority of health care consumers probably do believe that legal action may be the only way to arrive at the "truth" -- and the medical community reinforces that belief by making dialogue following a problem virtually impossible. Communication and compensation are two separate needs and should be studied separately. “trial lawyers — who appear to benefit from the system more than anyone else — have convinced many Americans that any other system would fail to adequately compensate those who suffer serious injury as a result of medical error.”

I doubt this is accurate. The majority of health care consumers probably do believe that legal action may be the only way to arrive at the “truth” — and the medical community reinforces that belief by making dialogue following a problem virtually impossible. Communication and compensation are two separate needs and should be studied separately.

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