There is an interesting article in Healthcare IT News (www.healthcareitnews.com) that talks about a study done in Massachusetts that shows that practices that use an EHR system have a pretty substantial drop in paid malpractice settlements.  While the group from the study is statistically small, the findings are interesting and, may hopefully lead to smaller payouts and, in turn, lower malpractice insurance.  The full article can be found here: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10456