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Clues to Better Health Care From Old Malpractice Lawsuits
May 09, 2016
CRICO Strategies, along with one of its Comparative Benchmarking System (CBS) partners, The Doctors Company, was recently highlighted in a Wall St. Journal article about organizations who share insights from their old claims data to help clinicians improve patient safety and avoid medical liabilities. Currently, CRICO is developing a program to help doctors improve diagnostic accuracy and reinforce the importance of staying on top of test results and referrals to other doctors.
Citation for WSJ article:
Landro L. Clues to better health care from old malpractice lawsuits. Wall Street Journal. 2016 May 09. [A subscription may be needed for access.]
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Also, there is a related blog post, “How malpractice data can improve patient safety,” by Missy Padoll, CRICO’s Director of Communications.
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