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Greatest impact of safe harbor rule may be to improve patient safety, not reduce liability claims paid by physicians.
January 29, 2014
Kachalia A, Little A, Isavoran M, et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014;33(1):59-66.
This study found that proposed safe harbor legislation—liability protection for physicians who followed certain guideline recommendations—would have changed the outcome of closed liability claims only 1% of the time. The real benefit of this legislation may be increased clinician adherence to guidelines.
