$2 million grant funds study on the effects of malpractice risk, incentives on cardiac testing

(George Washington University) Steven Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and health policy at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received a two million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effect of malpractice risk and financial incentives on cardiac testing, which will inform ongoing state malpractice reforms and federal payment reform.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/gwu-gf091014.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news