ABSTRACT
Dr Allen Kachalia is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Allen Kachalia is a member of the faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management. He is clinically active as an academic hospitalist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, regularly teaching and attending on the hospital wards with medical students and residents. He is also a member of the BWH leadership team as the Chief Quality Officer for the hospital, with his administrative activities focusing on the quality and safety of patient care in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr Kachalia also has a law degree, and teaches and maintains research interest in legal issues in medicine, including malpractice system reform and disclosure, and how they relate to the quality and safety of medical care. During the International Symposium, Dr Kachalia presented a talk entitled “Medical Liability: Can the Legal System Help Improve Quality and Safety?”
