CRICO Insights: August 2019

Top Risks Targeted by CRICO Grants

By identifying and funding key areas of professional liability risks, CRICO’s grant program offers researchers at member institutions an opportunity to gain funding to advance patient safety projects in their organizations.

The 2019 Patient Safety Grants focus areas of risk include:


Patient Assessment


Management and Performance of Medical Treatment/Procedural Safety


Emergency Medicine

Surgery

Emerging Health Care Delivery Models

Read more: Grant RFA Details.

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Can EHR Patient Pics Cut Identity Mistakes?

About 2 in every 1,000 patient orders in the ED involve the wrong patient. Dr. Adam Landman presents an effort at the BWH ED to reduce these errors. How well did it work?

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Blindness From Undiluted Injection

A 50-year-old patient received an undiluted intraocular injection, resulting in left eye blindness. What went wrong?

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Huddling for Safety

“Safety huddles” bring together staff from across an organization for a brief check-in and to share pressing concerns that cross departmental boundaries. A broader safety net catches more issues...

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Who Can I Talk to in Confidence if I’m Involved in a Claim or Lawsuit? (and Other FAQs)

You can talk about some things. Some people (like your spouse) are protected. Peer review is safe, too. And, CRICO has specialized support resources for defendants. Learn more...

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Best Medical Practices Course 2019

PCPs, join us on November 9 for a day-long event focused on maximizing skills and minimizing risks in the primary care setting. Register now...

Latest News from CRICO

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    Utilization of Electronic Health Record Sex and Gender Demographic Fields: A Metadata and Mixed Methods Analysis

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    CRICO Grants
    This CRICO co-funded retroactive study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association analyzed the records of patients 18 years of age or older in the Mass General Brigham health system with a first Legal Sex entry (registration requirement) between 2018 and 2022. The study was important because "Sex and gender demographic data are widely viewed as essential to providing culturally responsive gender affirming care and facilitating research and public health interventions."

    Postpartum Malpractice Claims: Can We Understand Preventable Harms and Socioeconomic Factors?

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    The Doctor's Company, a Candello member, investigated postpartum claims to develop clinical recommendations to decrease the risks of postpartum morbidity and mortality.

    The Patient Safety Adoption Framework: A Practical Framework to Bridge the Know-Do Gap

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    CRICO Grants
    Many patient safety initiatives fail to be adopted and implemented, even when proven effective. This creates the well-recognized know-do gap—which occurs when health care workers know what should be done based on evidence vs. what takes place in practice. To address this issue, CRICO funded the development of a patient safety adoption framework and had it evaluated by leaders in quality and safety. The framework and its findings were published online in the Journal of Patient Safety in April 2023.
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