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Inform Safer Medical Oncology Practice with Lessons from Medical Malpractice Claims
Mar 01, 2024
This article examines research conducted by a team of clinicians who performed and published a medical oncology malpractice case analysis in the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. The primary goal of analyzing claims from CRICO’s national Candello database was to identify the association between safety incidents in medical oncology practice and systems failures rather than individual provider remediation, and to inform potential redesign solutions. The findings highlighted the prevalence of known patient safety concerns in medical oncology, prompting several recommendations.
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Doolin J, Tremont H. Inform safer medical oncology practice with lessons from medical malpractice claims. Inside Medical Liability. March 2024.
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Teleradiology Medical Malpractice Cases
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This June 4, 2024, podcast by RSNA, features Dr. Francis Deng, a Diagnostic Neuroradiologist and Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University, who interviews CRICO’s Dr. Adam Schaffer about the characteristics of teleradiology medical malpractice cases.
An Analysis of Medical Malpractice Claims Against Medical Oncologists from a National Database: Implications for Safer Practice
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CRICO experts collaborated with oncologists from subscriber institutions Lahey Hospital and Medical Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to research and co-author this study that was published in the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management.
Characterizing Malpractice Cases Involving Emergency Department Advanced Practice Providers, Physicians in Training, and Attending Physicians
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s emergency department experts collaborated with CRICO patient safety experts to co-author this study that was published in the Academic Emergency Medicine journal.
Assessment of Claimant, Clinical, and Financial Characteristics of Teleradiology Medical Malpractice Cases
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This retrospective analysis published in the Radiology journal on April 2, 2024, used our Candello national database of medical malpractice cases to identify radiology related cases involving telemedicine. CRICO data experts co-authored the research.