New rules on patient's safety and professional liability for the Italian Health Service.

New rules on patient's safety and professional liability for the Italian Health Service. Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2019 Apr 07;: Authors: Albolino S, Bellandi T, Cappelletti S, Di Paolo M, Fineschi V, Frati P, Offidani C, Tanzini M, Tartaglia R, Turillazzi E Abstract The phenomenon of clinical negligence claims has rapidly spread to United States, Canada and Europe assuming the dimensions and the severity of a pandemia. Consequently, the issues related to medical malpractice need to be studied from a transnational perspective since they raise similar problems in different legal systems. Over the last two decades, medical liability has become a prominent issue in healthcare policy and a major concern for healthcare economics in Italy. The failures of the liability system and the high cost of healthcare have led to considerable legislative activity concerning medical malpractice liability, and a law was enacted in 2012 (Law no. 189/2012), known as the "Balduzzi Law". The law tackles the mounting concern over litigation related to medical malpractice and calls for Italian physicians to follow guidelines. Briefly, the law provided for the decriminalisation of simple negligence of a physician on condition that he/she followed the guidelines and "good medical practice" while carrying out his/her duties, whilst the obligation for compensation, as defined by the Italian Civil Code, remained. Judges had to consider that the physician followed th...
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