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Boarding Critical Care Patients in EDs: New Guidance...

MedMal Insider ·

2023/08/16

The boarding of critical care patients in the emergency department is an increasing concern because ICUs are often also too full to take them.

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Response to Charges of Discrimination can Help or...

MedMal Insider ·

2023/07/12

When hospitals and medical practices face charges of discrimination from employees, the consequences can include litigation, large payments, morale problems, and less quality care for the patients they serve. How an employer responds can make all the difference in outcomes. Based on closed claims in the Harvard medical system, two cases illustrate that point. We interview Megan Kures, of Hamel, Marcin, Dunn, Reardon and Shea, who offers some principles to follow.

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Response to Charges of Discrimination can Help or...

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2023/07/11

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An Alert on Cyber Risk for Health Providers: No One...

MedMal Insider ·

2023/06/10

Healthcare providers are facing new threats from online attacks that require new strategies to limit liability, harm to patients, and revenue loss. In spring of 2023, the Academic Medical Center Patient Safety Organization (AMC PSO), issued an updated Patient Safety Alert: Cyber Security and Recovery, available on the CRICO web site.

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Medical Error’s Stubborn Threat to Hospital Patients

MedMal Insider ·

2023/05/12

A new study that looks at when, where, and how medical errors occur in the in-patient setting is shining a bright light on threats to patient safety and quality in health care. A topline result of a 25 percent error rate for hospital admissions is getting a lot of attention. Lead author David Bates and others explain the implications for everyone in health care from the board room to the bedside.

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Slow to Diagnose Endocarditis After Repeat Visits

MedMal Insider ·

2023/04/04

One thing that seemed to be missing in this particular evaluation was a formal differential diagnosis that may have been present in the physician’s brain, but wasn’t documented, and there’s no evidence that it was really thought about.

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Slow to Diagnose Endocarditis After Repeat Visits

MedMal Insider ·

2023/04/04

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When the Patient’s Home is the Hospital

MedMal Insider ·

2023/03/14

Admitting patients to their own homes for hospital care: many factors are coming together to make the “Home Hospital” a hot topic in health care delivery. A roomful of defense attorneys in Boston recently heard about the risks and benefits from the MGB leader in charge of the largest such program in the country.

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Copy and Paste in the Medical Record: A Top EHR Danger

MedMal Insider ·

2023/02/15

When it comes to medical notes in patient charts, copying and pasting carries risks of confusion, patient harm, and liability for providers.

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Getting SMART About Harassment

MedMal Insider ·

2023/01/13

Recent data from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine show that sexual harassment and gender discrimination affect up to 50 percent of women medical students and more than 50 percent of women faculty in medicine. It affects men too.

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Signs of Bias in Rejected Request for Accommodation

MedMal Insider ·

2022/12/12

Boston Attorney Megan Kures explains how a hospital should respond to a request for accommodation. Tip: it shouldn’t be a knee-jerk no, and be sure to involve HR from the start.

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Signs of Bias in Rejected Request for Accommodation

MedMal Insider ·

2022/12/12

Boston Attorney Megan Kures explains how a hospital should respond to a request for accommodation. Tip: it shouldn’t be a knee-jerk no, and be sure to involve HR from the start.

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New Guidance on Preventing Lost Medical Specimens

MedMal Insider ·

2022/10/17

It is estimated that thousands of medical specimens are lost each month. The impact on the diagnostic process when a specimen is lost is of particular concern. In early 2022, a patient safety document was published by the Academic Medical Center Patient Safety Organization (AMC PSO), to describe ways to prevent harm to patients when specimens are lost. Safety Net interviews two participants with some advice for QI.

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Health Payment Reform Act: Rules to Protect Providers

MedMal Insider ·

2022/09/27

After a state medical error disclosure and apology law went into effect in November 2012, health providers in Massachusetts have protections and rules to follow.

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Making Sure Patients Don’t Catch Fire During Surgery

MedMal Insider ·

2022/08/16

Hundreds of patients are harmed in OR fires every year. Experts in patient safety want hospitals and providers to focus more on lowering the potential for fire during surgery.

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Simulation’s Evolving Place in Health Care

MedMal Insider ·

2022/07/08

The use of simulation in health care has grown worldwide. This year and through 2028, industry business analysts expect double digit growth in a $2 billion market for simulation services, software, and anatomical models. We interview pioneers and leading edge practitioners of the art.

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When Virtual Isn’t Good Enough, And Patients Refuse...

MedMal Insider ·

2022/05/19

Find out how to respond when patients decline recommendations around virtual care. The AMC PSO patient safety alert, called Informed Patient Refusal in Virtual Care, includes a review of likely malpractice allegations and contributing factors. Safety Net interviews one of the co-authors, Dr. Adrienne Allen, Senior Director of Quality, Safety and Sustainability at North Shore Physicians Group Mass General Brigham Salem.

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Lahey RAP Testimonial

MedMal Insider ·

2022/05/03

CRICO’s risk assessment unit is heralded as a positive, helpful partner who helps lead organizations to impactful patient safety changes via clearly defined actions.

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Cardiac Event Mismanaged in ED

MedMal Insider ·

2022/04/13

An otherwise healthy 50-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with atypical chest pain. Discharge and death the next morning followed.

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Cardiac Event Mismanaged in ED

MedMal Insider ·

2022/04/13

An otherwise healthy 50-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with atypical chest pain. Discharge the next morning was followed by death.

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