Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Chamber Supports Apology Bill
The Maryland Chamber urged the House Judiciary Committee to support a modest medical liability reform proposal that would allow doctors to apologize to a patient or patient’s family after a bad outcome without that conversation being used against them in a later medical malpractice proceeding.
The Maryland Chamber supports this bill (HB 1192), which would increase the likelihood of meaningful dialogue between health care providers and patients who have experienced bad outcomes from medical procedures. “We feel that this dialogue is important for patients to better understand exactly what occurred during the procedure, and may result in fewer medical malpractice suits being filed,” Maryland Chamber Vice President of Government Affairs Ron Wineholt said.
For more information, contact Ron Wineholt at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
UPDATE: This bill was withdrawn by the sponsor.
