CRICO Insights: April 2022

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Illness Severity

Evidence that Structured Handoffs Work

Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have demonstrated a link between patient handoff failures and malpractice cases. The most common lapses in handoffs were the failure to communicate the severity of the illness and a contingency plan. One such tool, I-PASS, explicitly addresses these areas:

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Patient Summary

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Action List

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Situation Awareness and Contingency Planning

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Synthesis by Receiver

Read more about the study.


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Criminal Prosecution of Health Care Providers Rare

CRICO responds to the risk of criminal prosecution of nurses and other health care workers in light of the recent case in Tennessee.

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2022 CRICO Grant Recipients

More than 57 CRICO-insured researchers will be principal investigators of projects being funded by CRICO in 2022. At the forefront of topics being studied are telemedicine, health care equity, and emergency medicine interventions.

See the studies...

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PODCAST

In Malpractice Claims Connected to Diagnosis, Nurses Are Accountable

A recent study, focused on claims that involve the diagnostic process, shines a light on nursing’s role in malpractice claims and preventing diagnostic error.

It’s all about the team...

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Frontline Stories of Data-informed Change

Just how do organizations (including CRICO) use medical malpractice data to improve patient safety? We gathered stories from our Candello members across the country.

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