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Re: ??? Economic Losses from a Malpractice Suit ??? From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Tue Apr 23 15:57:50 2002 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Garry Siegel: "Gyn: Fibroids" Previous message: Dr Don Miller: "Re: ??? Economic Losses from a Malpractice Suit ???" In reply to: Dr Don Miller: "Re: ??? Economic Losses from a Malpractice Suit ???" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: ??? Economic Losses from a Malpractice Suit ???" time for a new system not merely a new record. just my opinion - i could be wrong. art At Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Dr Don Miller wrote: > >My selfish reason for even bringing this up was to try to quantitate the >savings from just one avoided malpractice suit to show concrete (not >intuitive) value from a new technology. From the responses it seems >that all agree that there is a huge cost to society and personally, but >not much effect on the institutional bottom line (and I consider >malpractice insurance premiums, even large increases across the board, >the cost of doing business). > >As many of you know, I have developed an Internet-based prenatal record >system that I'm totally convinced can save a doctor, a group, or an >institution from at least one malpractice suit because of increased >accessibility, defensibility, and preventing patients from falling >through the cracks. So, if what I believe is true, I ought to charge a >million dollars for it. Not many that I've talked to are willing to pay >even a tiny fraction of that because they or their institution never get >a million dollar invoice on the doorstep for every malpractice suit (if >they did, I'd be buddies with Bill Gates). > >Maybe a better question would be, "How much would you be willing to pay >each year to avoid just one malpractice suit?" -- art fougner, md ich bin ein New Yorker Next message: Garry Siegel: "Gyn: Fibroids" Previous message: Dr Don Miller: "Re: ??? Economic Losses from a Malpractice Suit ???" In reply to: Dr Don Miller: "Re: ??? Economic Losses from a Malpractice Suit ???" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: ??? Economic Losses from a Malpractice Suit ???"

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