MedAgree.com has an intriguing idea: ‘…a systematic approach to defining the fundamental elements of the
health care contract. By this, we mean creating agreement about the essential elements that make the health care
relationship work: who’s doing what, and how are we steering the treatment ship…
There exists between doctors and patients certain identifiable patterns of misunderstandings
which generate unrealistic expectations, adversity and litigation.

The remedy for these misunderstandings is role clarification and collaborative
planning…’