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Legal and policy interventions to improve patient safety.

Kachalia A, Mello MM, Nallamothu BK, et al. Legal and Policy Interventions to Improve Patient Safety. Circulation. 2016;133(7):661-71. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.015880.

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September 29, 2017
Kachalia A, Mello MM, Nallamothu BK, et al. Circulation. 2016;133(7):661-71.
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This review explores policy and legal approaches to addressing care delivery problems, including strategies that focus on transparency, reimbursement, professional regulation, and tort reform. The authors suggest cardiologists are well-positioned as leaders in adopting these approaches because the conditions they treat are highly visible, common, and expensive.

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Kachalia A, Mello MM, Nallamothu BK, et al. Legal and Policy Interventions to Improve Patient Safety. Circulation. 2016;133(7):661-71. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.015880.