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Back To Court after COVID-19: Uncertainty and a Back...

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2021/08/24

COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the legal system since the pandemic interrupted normal operations in Spring of 2020. In Massachusetts, trials were suspended, and all non-emergency court business stopped. Long-time medical malpractice defense attorney Richard Riley of Murphy & Riley, PC in Boston explains the uncertainty of the litigation landscape as courts try to reopen for trial in the Bay State. Hint: medical malpractice cases have lower priority than their criminal counterparts.

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16:37

New Age of 45 for General Colorectal CA Screening

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2021/07/22

Lowering the age for asymptomatic colon cancer screening from 50 to 45 suggests some important changes for physician practices. Joining us to talk about this change and more is Dr. Joseph Feuerstein, a gastroenterologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and an advisor for “Prevention and Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer: A Decision Support Tool,” previously developed through CRICO.

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7:03

Newborn Body Cooling Safety and Efficacy Moves Forward

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2021/06/30

Making baby cooling safe and available to the infants who need it is moving beyond 2016 recommendations from the AMC PSO, to new advancements. A regional registry of babies considered for therapeutic hypothermia is yielding new insight into how treatment can be delivered more effectively, safely, and consistently to prevent lifetime disabilities.

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6:41

Lowering the Risk of Moving Patients to a Different...

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2021/05/27

One of the lesser-known safety risks for hospitals is the transfer of a patient from one facility to another. A new guidance document attempts to make inter-hospital transfers safer.

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8:59

Cures Act Opens Clinical Notes to Patients

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2021/04/26

New federal law gives patients access to almost everything in their medical record, including clinical notes. It allows for a different kind of partnership between patients and providers where they are co-producing the outcome. This may be good for both patient safety and risk management.

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16:02

Help For Optimizing Care and Preventing Risk With...

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2021/03/30

A new guide called Patient Safety Guidance for the Virtual Visit: Managing Risk in a New Care Setting is available free online. It was produced by the Academic Medical Center Patient Safety Organization, and covers a range of issues from the first decision to engage in a virtual visit with a patient, to the follow-up needed to close important loops, and even quality improvement measures. Dr. Philip Ciampa, task force member, walks through some of the key points.

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14:15

Hospital Fights to Head off Care Disparities During...

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2021/02/25

For vulnerable and under-served communities, patient safety and quality care were at added risk from the COVID-19 pandemic. At Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, an established team for care equity and diversity knew early on in the pandemic that they had a lot of work to do.

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13:14

The Earlier the Better: More MedMal Insurers Offer...

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2021/01/29

The goal of these new early resolution and communication programs isn't just transparency, but early and added involvement from the insurer and the health institution. And it almost doesn't matter if there was any negligence. It also doesn't seem to lead to more lawsuits and higher costs.

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6:06

Clinicians are Far from Alone During a Lawsuit

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2021/01/28

The defendant is the single most important witness at trial. In many cases, the outcome of a trial will come down to whether or not the jurors like and trust the defendant. For this reason, defense attorneys and malpractice insurers are offering defendant clinicians more support services to prepare for testimony and cope with stress.

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5:42

Getting Clinicians in Lawsuits to Care for Selves is...

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2021/01/25

How a clinician is coping with the impact of being sued can be a significant factor in how effective he or she is as a defendant. But getting clinicians to accept help is often a challenge.

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18:37

The Pain and Reward of Delivering Palliative Care...

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2020/12/17

Excellent palliative care is inherently challenging. Over-capacity hospitals and a shortage of palliative specialists that pre-dated the COVID crisis have led to some improvisation and innovation. An expert practitioner from the Metro DC area shares his personal experience and some insights that might help improve communication between any specialist and their patients.

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13:11

Word to the Wise: Misuse of Language in Clinical...

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2020/11/23

Misuse of language can have serious clinical consequences. It can also leave patients and families with a bad impression or misunderstandings.We invited two physicians who authored a JAMA Perspective on the topic to explain what worries them and what doesn't, when it comes to the misuse of words in medicine.

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8:01

COVID-19 Threatens Primary Care

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2020/10/28

Many health care practices are under financial duress from the COVID-19 pandemic, and this is affecting access to care. Televisits can't do it all. A Massachusetts consortium of public and private entities surveyed nearly 400 practices of various sizes and specialties in late spring and early summer 2020. How all hands on deck isn't necessarily a great patient safety strategy during the pandemic.

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11:24

Is This Case Likely to Close with a Payment?

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2020/09/11

New research shows a link between the presence of three common factors in malpractice cases and the likelihood they will end up in a payment to the plaintiff. Look out for documentation deficiencies, lack of a protocol or failure to follow one, and patient assessment issues.

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11:28

Malpractice Defendants Cool Their Heels During COVID-19

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2020/08/11

Becoming a defendant in a malpractice lawsuit is often a long-term proposition under ordinary times. During this COVID-19 pandemic, the courts are struggling, and prioritizing: criminal trials first, then civil trials in Massachusetts, where a slow return to trials in September.

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15:06

Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Era

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2020/07/15

Telehealth, or virtual health care is more popular than ever. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen to that. Two national telemedicine leaders share their expertise on the patient safety and risk management issues related to virtual visits, and how has the pandemic affected all of this.

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9:41

Health Providers: “What We’re Going Through Now is...

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2020/05/28

COVID-19 has dragged thousands of doctors and nurses into front-line wards across the country to pitch in. What is the impact on these providers now and in the future? And does all of this have implications for patient safety?

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8:38

New MA Law Gives Health Providers Less to Worry About...

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2020/04/29

As the COVID-19 crisis continues for hospitals and providers, the State of Massachusetts passed a new law with some protections from liability. Beth Cushing, CRICO's SVP of Claims, explains how the Harvard malpractice insurer joined leaders across the state to craft a fair legal response to the public health crisis.

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7:27

Harvard MedMal Program Responds to COVID-19: No-Cost...

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2020/04/20

A special edition of CRICO's regular podcast describes how Harvard's malpractice liability insurance program, CRICO, is giving providers extra coverage without extra premiums during the crisis. Telemedicine, retired volunteers, etc., find a streamlined coverage process online, starting on CRICO's dedicated COVID-19 page.

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12:31

A Movement and Its Future After 20 Years: Patient...

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2020/04/13

What has the patient safety movement achieved over the past 20 years, and what lies ahead? An exit interview with one of its longest leaders as he retires and pushes hard on the use of data analytics.

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