Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Malpractice insurer pays -- to study risk prevention

"$500,000 in grants to target ER safety, how patients depart, other care issues"

By Christopher Rowland, Boston Globe Staff
The Boston Globe
December 27, 2005

"The potential for errors being made during long patient stays in emergency rooms is among the medical dangers that will be studied through grants awarded to 10 doctors by the malpractice insurer for Harvard-affiliated hospitals..."