NAPA, Calif., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Doctors Company, the nation's leading physician-owned medical malpractice insurance provider, is pleased to announce Richard E. Anderson, M.D., F.A.C.P., company chairman and CEO, has been appointed to the Development Committee of the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF).
The NPSF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving patient safety and reducing medical errors by funding research and raising awareness with hospitals, health care systems, doctors, nurses, and their patients.
"I am honored to join NPSF's leaders in their mission to make positive changes within the health care delivery system," said Dr. Anderson. "Improving the environment in which health care providers practice is a national priority which will reduce medical errors and improve the quality of patient care."
In addition to its affiliation with the NPSF through the Foundation's Corporate Council and Roundtables program, The Doctors Company is the only medical malpractice insurer with a dedicated Patient Safety department charged with establishing standard-setting approaches to enhance the delivery of health care and protect the practice of good medicine for physicians nationwide.
About The Doctors Company
Founded by doctors for doctors in 1976 to protect the practice of medicine, The Doctors Company (http://www.thedoctors.com) is the nation's leading physician-owned medical malpractice insurance provider. With solid financial strength and a unique understanding of the medical malpractice risk environment, The Doctors Company enjoys a reputation as the industry vanguard.
About The National Patient Safety Foundation
The NPSF was founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997 by the American Medical Association, CNA HealthPro, and 3M, with significant support from the Schering-Plough Corporation. For more information, visit http://www.npsf.org.
The Doctors CompanyCONTACT: Beth Starkin of Peppercom, +1-212-931-6108,bstarkin@peppercom.com
