[jump to episode list] Real Malpractice Cases from the Harvard medical community. Even in the safest health care setting, things can sometimes go wrong. For more than 45 years, CRICO has analyzed MPL cases from the Harvard medical community to understand causes of error. Join our experts as they unpack what occurred and the lessons to be learned for safer patient care.		[jump to episode list] Protecting Providers. Promoting Safety.  We’ve got you. Our Safety Net podcast features clinical and patient safety leaders from Harvard and around the world, bringing you the knowledge you need for safer patient care.

CRICO Podcast: Med Mal Insider

real Malpractice Cases from the Harvard medical community

• Cardiac Event Mismanaged in ED
• Woman’s Stroke Progressed in ED without Intervention
• Surgical Change Needed Better Consent
• Lack of Preparation, Safety Culture, Contributed to Loss of Baby
• Unclear Discharge Instructions, Patient Loses Foot
• Woman Dies from Post-op Stroke When Anticoagulant Not Restarted
• Young Patient, Flawed Test, Fatal Delay in Colon CA Diagnosis
• “What Else Might This Be?” Might Have Saved PE Patient
• A Forgotten Stent and Unclear Responsibility for Follow Up
• Nothing is “Routine” for an Anxious Patient or Family 
• Status Change Missed, Consultation Flawed, and the Patient Loses Baby
• Radiology Didn’t Know Risk Status Before Patient. Fall, Head Injury
  
• Fatal Misplaced Tube Casts Light on Supervision, Competence Assessment
• Doctors Lose Their Own Malpractice Case
• Poor Communication of Doctor’s Orders Leads to Preventable Death
• ED Stuck on Wrong Diagnosis, Blamed the Patient?
• NP Misses Fatal Illness on Phone with Patient’s Dad
• For This Patient, Opioids for Pain Resulted in Suicide, Court Settlement
• Culture Helped, Hurt in this Dosage Error
• No Review of Test Result, and Girl Suffers Wrong Dx for Years
• Missing an MI When Symptoms Didn’t Match Diagnosis
• Distraction, Poor Planning for OB Patient
• Was This Primary Care Provider Too Rushed?
• Troubled Brew: Multiple Providers, Disjointed Care, Lost Kidney Function
• Spine Surgery: Someone Should Have Said ‘Time Out’
• Diagnostic Dropped Ball: Nobody Followed Up on Lung Nodule
• Unfair But So What? Trial for MD After Patient Skips Screening
• Asplenic Patient Disabled after Providers Overlooked Infection Risk
• Missed Steps Delay Breast Diagnosis
• A Missed MI Diagnosis and Death After Office Visit
• Misread of Data Slowed Response, Hurt Patient
• Patient Loses Finger after Medication Error in ER
• Missed MI and a Failure to Connect the Dots
• Surgeon: “I Blew It.” Hospital: “We Blew It.”
• Late Follow Up Miffed Patient in 1821 Ortho Case
• Midwife Didn't Seek OB Consult on Fetal Heart Rate
• Bleed Recovery Good But Disclosure Faulted
• Test Delay Blamed in Woman’s Death
• Diagnostic Failures Prompt Referral Changes
• Retained Object Reliance on Memory Harms Patient
• Lack of Empathy Triggers Suit Against Surgeon

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CRICO Podcast: Safety Net

Protecting Providers. Promoting Safety.

• In Malpractice Claims Connected to Diagnosis, Nurses Are Accountable
• Fighting Discrimination in the Health Profession at Harvard
• Malpractice Data Tell a Story…So Do the People Who Use Them
• Hospitalists Face Worsening Malpractice Climate
• Harvard Hospitals Turn to Trusted Friend to Find Vulnerabilities
• Back To Court after COVID-19: Uncertainty and a Back Seat for Malpractice Cases
• New Age of 45 for General Colorectal Cancer Screening
• Newborn Body Cooling Safety and Efficacy Moves Forward
• Lowering the Risk of Moving Patients to a Different Hospital
• Cures Act Opens Clinical Notes to Patients
• Help For Optimizing Care and Preventing Risk With Virtual Visits
• Hospital Fights to Head off Care Disparities During Pandemic
• The Earlier the Better: More MedMal Insurers Offer Real-Time Support After Patient Harm
• The Pain and Reward of Delivering Palliative Care During COVID
• Word to the Wise: Misuse of Language in Clinical Communication Causes Harm
• COVID-19 Threatens Primary Care
• Is This Case Likely to Close with a Payment?
• Malpractice Defendants Cool Their Heels During COVID-19
• Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Era
• Health Providers: “What We’re Going Through Now is Not Normal”
• New MA Law Gives Health Providers Less to Worry About
  During COVID-19
• Harvard MedMal Program Responds to COVID-19: No-Cost Added Coverage, Faster Applications
• A Movement and Its Future After 20 Years: Patient Safety Leader Retires, Looks Ahead
• Are You My Doctor? Cards Help Patients
• Clinician Burnout: EHR Should Help, Not Hurt
• Preventing Breast Cancer Diagnosis Fails with Women 40-49
• Harvard Researcher: Hospitals Can Do Better Diagnosing Deadly Sepsis
• Aging Surgeons a Patient Safety Concern for Hospitals
• Can Patient Pics in the Electronic Health Record Cut Identity Mistakes in the ER?
• What to Know About Genetic Testing
• Breast Guide Update: Take Care When Nothing’s There
• Expecting Diagnosis Errors
• Prostate Perils in Primary Care: Roadmap from an Expert
• What’s Up with Cardiac Malpractice Cases?
• Update on Best Medical Practices: Key Areas in Safety and Risk Outside the Hospital
• Doctor’s Focus on Patient Safety an Eye Opener 
• Cracking the Code for Better Rapport Among Generations
• Primary Care Docs Try to Up Their Diagnosis Game
• Harvard Joins IHI to Cut Referral Mistakes: Part III
• Patient Safety Becoming a Family Affair
• Harvard Joins IHI to Cut Referral Mistakes: Part II
• Harvard Joins IHI to Cut Referral Mistakes: Part I 
• Removing Pebbles: Joy as a Cure for Clinician Burnout
• Harvard Primary Care Sites Collaborate on Innovations in Patient Safety, Quality
• Catching Transitioning Patient Before They Fall (through the cracks)
• Getting Boards on Board with Patient Safety
• How Simulators Help OR Teams Really Act Like Teams
• Cooling Brain-injured Babies to Reduce Disability, Liability 
• Doctors and the Law: A Judge Offers a Peek Behind the Gavel
• Understanding “Standard of Care” A Doctor and a Lawyer Share from the Medmal Front Lines
• Patient Voice: Beth Felt a Lump but the Nurse Didn’t. How a Patient and her Providers Turned it Around 
• Picking Fair Jurors in Medical Malpractice Trials 
• ‘Grass Roots’ Research Sprouts From Harvard Medmal Data
• National MedMal Huddle Looks at Communication Errors/Solutions 
• Team Care, Alert Fatigue Near Top of EMR Agenda: Dr. David Bates
• Getting Clinicians in Lawsuits to Care for Selves is Hard
• Can Access to Doctor Notes Help Patients Find Mistakes, Recall Care Plans?
• Clinicians are Far from Alone During a Lawsuit 
• How Does a Hospital Make Care Safer for 400,000 Ambulatory Patients?
• Harvard Hospitals Receive $2 Million for Patient Safety Projects
• What a High Leapfrog Safety Score Means to Hospitals 
• How Do Diagnosis Errors Happen? New National Report Sheds Light
• Physician Health Service: Social Media Ills Added to Substance Abuse for Intervention Needs
• Culture Warriors Share Secrets for Better Care Environments 
• PCPs Work to Hold Onto MD/Patient Relationship in Era of Team Care
• Safer Primary Care: the World Catches Up with Dr. Gila Kriegel 
• Money for Safety: CRICO Pushes Hard to Prevent Medical Harm
• Q & A: Does Following a Clinical Guideline Help Later in Court?
• Risks All Their Own: Outpatient MDs See Patient Safety Hurdles
• Anesthesia Leader Touts Harvard Model
• Burnout Stalks Clinicians, Relief Explored
• Bold and Wrong: Doctors Often Too Confident with Diagnoses
• What Keeps Physicians Up at Night
• Eyes Wide Open: Lessons from HMS Patient Safety Fellows
• Ambulatory Sites Try M&Ms for Patient Safety
• Physicians, Patient Safety Experts Dream of a Better EMR 
• Physician Voice: Why and How Did You Become a Doctor?
• Dana-Farber Docs, Nurses, Pharmacists, Techs Make Med Order Changes Safer
• Accuracy at Issue in New MA Disclosure Law
• Residents Just as Liable as Attendings
• Patient Safety Effort Looks to Nurses
• Happy? MDs Rate Selves, Share Secrets
• Lucian Leape Grades the Patient Safety Movement Part 2
• Lucian Leape Grades the Patient Safety Movement Part 1
• Patient Status Changes Trigger Call to MD

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