PATIENT SAFETY:  HOW MIGHT THE LAW HELP?

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine in its report, To Err Is Human made it clear that America faces a serious medical error problem, one that results in hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries each year. Recent evidence indicates that the volume of iatrogenic injury has not been substantially reduced. At the same time, the number and impact of medical malpractice actions has been steadily shrinking. It seems clear that the answer to the medical error problem will not be found in traditional tort litigation. The 24^th Annual Clifford Symposium is intended to explore alternative legal strategies that might encourage greater safety.

The symposium speakers will consider a range of interventions that might help to address the error problem. These will include legal steps to encourage use of artificial intelligence and big data to improve safety, alteration of policies regarding medical devices and dissemination of health-related information to consumers, more vigorous surveillance of the delivery of medical care, reduction of incentives for unnecessary treatment, encouragement of insurers’ promotion of greater safety among their medical industry clients, reform of the structure of the delivery of healthcare and a number of others. 

DePaul University College of Law is an accredited CLE provider.  This event is a two day event and has been approved up to 8.0 general CLE credit hours.

Day 2- 4.0 general CLE credits