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March 1, 2022
Using Candello data, this study examines the characteristics of malpractice claims which miscommunications.
Healthcare Risk Management reports on a large study conducted by Boston Children’s Hospital in which researchers reviewed 498 medical malpractice claims provided by Candello, CRICO’s national medical malpractice collaborative. The work revealed a direct relationship between the quality of patient handoffs and claims.
January 5, 2022
This article, published by the Michigan State Medical Society, provides insight into how CRICO's diagnostic process of care framework, using medical malpractice claims data, can be used to reduce diagnostic errors.
This CRICO-funded study aimed, “To evaluate a low-cost intervention designed to promptly reconnect patients to their ‘medical home’ after hospital discharge.”
The researchers concluded: “A low-cost discharge–transfer intervention may improve the rates of outpatient follow-up and of completed workups after hospital discharge.”
Citation for the Full-text Article
Balaban RB, Weissman JS, Samuel PA, Woolhandler S. Redefining and Redesigning Hospital Discharge to Enhance Patient Care: A Randomized Controlled Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008; 23(8):1228-1233. doi:10.1007/s11606-008-0618-9.