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Nurses Accountable in Diagnosis-relatedMalpractice...

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2022/03/30

A new study shines light on nursing’s role in malpractice claims and preventing diagnostic error. In 62 percent of the cases that involved a communication problem among providers, the patient died.

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Fighting Discrimination in the Health Profession at...

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2022/02/28

Micro-aggressions. Sexual harassment. Discrimination. On this episode of Safety Net, a special roundtable of health care experts looks at the legal and ethical dynamics behind conflicts over discrimination and harassment among colleagues and staff. What’s happening in the Harvard medical system, as a national movement and local lawsuits press institutions to change?

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Malpractice Data Tell a Story… So Do the People...

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2022/02/03

Each year, thousands of misdiagnosed cancers, technical errors in surgery, and other harm events are added to a national database of medical malpractice claims, and a benchmarking report is released to the public. This year, instead of only describing the significance of the trends and numbers, the sponsoring organization from the Harvard system, Candello, is releasing a report that describes real stories of tangible change arising from those numbers.

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Woman’s Stroke Progressed in ED without Intervention

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2021/11/16

The patient needed to be evaluated by a stroke team and a neurologist promptly to decide whether any treatment was indicated or possible. Triage should be the same whether the ER was empty or overcapacity.

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Woman’s Stroke Progressed in ED without Intervention

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2021/11/16

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Hospitalists Face Worsening Malpractice Climate

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2021/10/27

Dr. Adam Schaffer, a hospitalist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Senior Clinical Analytics Specialist at CRICO is lead author of a study on the topic published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine in June 2021.

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Harvard Hospitals Turn to Trusted Friend to Find...

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2021/09/29

Understanding its own risks and patient care vulnerabilities is vital to a health organization, but gaining that understanding is hard. Hospital leaders in the Harvard system are enthusiastic about outside risk assessments from CRICO, because the recommendations that come out are tangible, with no punitive component.

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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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Surgery Change Needed Better Consent

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2021/08/06

The goal was to treat uncontrolled pain from tumors but the patient was left with unexpected hearing loss. The patient sued when she claimed the surgeon changed the side of the operation without consulting her. For ideas that might help prevent these negative outcomes, we talk with Douglas Smink, MD, MPH, an associate medical director for CRICO and the Chief of Surgery at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital.

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Surgery Change Needed Better Consent

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2021/08/06

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New Age of 45 for General Colorectal CA Screening

MedMal Insider ·

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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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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Lack of Preparation, Safety Culture, Contributed to...

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2021/06/02

This OB patient’s risk factors were not adequately considered, and the team’s failure to follow protocols and secure back-up contributed to a lawsuit and a settlement of over $1 million.

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Lack of Preparation, Safety Culture, Contributed to...

MedMal Insider ·

2021/06/02

This OB patient’s risk factors were not adequately considered, and the team’s failure to follow protocols and secure back-up contributed to a lawsuit and a settlement of over $1 million.

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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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Cures Act Opens Clinical Notes to Patients

MedMal Insider ·

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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Help For Optimizing Care and Preventing Risk With...

MedMal Insider ·

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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Unclear Discharge Instructions, Patient Loses Foot

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2021/02/28

In a lawsuit naming the Emergency Medicine physician and a nurse, the patient alleged that a dressing was applied too tightly, compromising the circulation and resulting in a gangrenous foot, requiring amputation. Despite an eventual defense verdict, some lessons show how to prevent this bad clinical result and a five-year legal ordeal.

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Unclear Discharge Instructions, Patient Loses Foot

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2021/02/28

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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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