More on tort reform.  The New England Journal of Medicine has come out with a refreshing article – suggesting that under certain circumstances health care providers, including doctors, should be held accountable for their mistakes.  See the link.  In these times, when most persons injured by medical neglect are not compensated for their injuries,  it was heartening to see a physician write that, like the rest of us, health care providers should be held accountable for their errors – even though the author limited the circumstances to egregious errors, at least it’s a start. 

NEJM 10.01.09 Doctors’ Accountability