| Citizens for Medical Safety |
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We are activists for medical malpractice victims throughout the country who believe that change in healthcare can only be achieved by working through the political process. We strongly believe in the need for a National Medical Safety Board that would be comparable to the National Transportation Safety Board. This new Board would regulate all aspects of medical activity performed by doctors and hospitals across the country.
The existing State Medical Boards would come under the direct supervision and guidance of the National Medical Safety Board. In turn, each hospital would have an office, supervised by the State Board, and responsible for insuring quality of care within the hospital. Systems of regulation would be established that would extend into group and individual medical practices. This plan for regulatory reform is needed to provide a high degree of uniform, high quality medical care for our citizens.
With the development of regulatory reform, it will also be possible to institute malpractice reform. Our medical tort law system is a major impediment to medical practice. It has been shown ("Medical Malpractice: External Influences and Controls," Can The United States Afford A "No-Fault" System Of Compensation For Medical Injury?" Spring Issue, Number 1, Troyan A. Brennan, in Law and Contemporary Problems, Duke University School of Law, Vol. 60 Winter & Spring 1997, Nose 1&2.) that "No Fault" more equitably compensates medical victims and most importantly provides a better approach to dealing with medical malpractice than existing approaches. Our medical tort law system is broken and should be discarded.
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