Corporate Governance

Medical education policy-makers divided on pharma industry involvement

Capital Health employees dance their way into breast cancer awareness campaign.

Across the pond in jolly old England, as they used to say, the nation is about to embark on an intriguing experiment.

The Canadian Medical Protective Association’s strategic plan for 2011 to 2015 commits the group to meeting “evolving” medical liability protection issues, say its senior officials.

A University of Michigan program testing the impact of full disclosure and compensation for medical errors resulted in fewer new claims for compensation, a shorter time to claim resolution and lower liability costs.

Doctors can still get caught up in complaint process