Medical malpractice laws should not be only for patients but also to protect doctors following evidence-based guidelines to treat their patients and stay away from any medical liability.

But some doctors order unnecessary treatments and tests to protect themselves from lawsuits.

That is why; reforms need to be made in medical malpractice laws to ensure that doctors focus more on treating their patients and follow evidence-based guidelines at a broader level.

A lot of time goes between incorporating new research findings into common practice leading to the limited impact of clinical guidelines.

Hence, these reforms are essential to ensure that evidence-based guidelines are created and followed.

Generally, the role of medical malpractice laws in increased health care costs underplays.

However, doctors commonly agree that these laws lead to unessential treatment and testing.

For putting forward these reforms, large investments require researching the dos and don’ts.

The Health care reform act and the 2009 economic stimulus have provided additional financing for such research.

Also, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research provides by the health care reform act.

This can be aided with use of better technology. Doctors’ computers can do more than keeping patients’ medical records. They can also give suggestions on the best approaches for your medical treatment. Doctors can pay for this technology by subsidies provided by the stimulus act.

Another effective way would be giving financial incentives to doctors for providing quality health care.

According to the health care reform act, Medicare payments should make for quality rather than service.