Health System Improvement: How Downstream Insights Inform Upstream Care

The end of litigation offers a natural point for defendants and their counsel to pause and reflect on the matter at hand.

In the context of medical malpractice litigation, such reflection can offer health care organizations invaluable insight that in turn helps them improve patient care and outcomes in the future.

It’s so important that, as part of a client’s full-spectrum engagement of Med Law Advisory Partners, clients receive a report at the conclusion of litigation detailing intelligence they can immediately put to use to limit their exposure to future liability.

During litigation, Med Law’s consulting nurse experts work with health systems to complement their in-house risk and legal teams, evaluate the circumstances leading to medical malpractice claims, examine delivery of care for appropriateness and develop a course of action to facilitate prompt resolution.

Their specialized medical-legal knowledge allows them to discern areas of concern in a health system that might otherwise go unnoticed or overlooked.

While some companies provide only medical-legal claims assessment, Med Law has the expertise to capture vital information derived through extensive data collection, discern trends, identify system defects, and advise strategic options.

Med Law helps guide healthcare leaders toward long-term operational enhancements through a strategic, upstream approach that integrates insights with their quality and patient safety agenda. This unique intelligence helps support the reliability of systems, improve patient outcomes, reduce financial risk and strengthen the healthcare workforce.

Healthcare organizations have faced unrelenting challenges over the last year and a half — the twin crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid epidemic, complex legal issues, quality and safety performance, financial sustainability, and a precious workforce that is more stressed and vulnerable than ever before. Through partnering with Med Law, healthcare systems can leverage the work already being completed by our consulting nurse experts to proactively identify and respond to areas of concern.

Med Law’s mission is to provide the necessary resources and expertise to ensure the delivery of “good medicine” and preservation of health care for society’s greater good and all people. Let our team supplement your risk management, quality assurance and legal teams and assist in improving the quality of care for your patients.

Contact us for more information on our healthcare consulting services.