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Patient Safety Guidance Support
Jun 30, 2022
For more than 30 years, CRICO and its insured health care providers have generated decision support tools to help physicians and nurses navigate through the patient safety risks they encounter each day in clinical practice.
The 17 documents listed below address medical professional liability (MPL) risks present across multiple services in all health care settings. Together, they directly reflect contributing factors found in more than 20% of all MPL cases; most offer guidance that is applicable beyond that decision-support document’s primary focus. In concert with its mission to promote safety, CRICO makes its decision support materials available to all caregivers. Each document listed below was developed by a dedicated task force: some are a byproduct of patient safety work by the AMC PSO others stem from clinical leadership groups from the Harvard-affiliated medical institutions. The end products represent the evidence-based findings of published experts and practical advice from hands-on practitioners in the clinical and legal aspects of that area of patient care.
Decision Support Tool |
Published |
|---|---|
| Pathology Specimens | 2022 |
| Perioperative Fire Safety | 2022 |
| Inter-hospital Transfers | 2021 |
| Virtual Visits | 2021 |
| Breast Care Management (archived) |
2019 |
| Prevention and Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer (archived) |
2019 |
| EHR Downtime |
2019 |
| Behavioral Health Patients (in the ED) | 2019 |
| Therapeutic Hypothermia in Neonates | 2018 |
| Wrong Level Spine Surgery | 2018 |
| Interventional Radiology | 2017 |
| Obstetrical Care | 2017 |
| Disclosure After an Adverse Event | 2016 |
| General Informed Consent | 2016 |
| Prescribing Psychiatrists in Consultative, Collaborative, or Supervisory Relationships | 2014 |
| Identification, Assessment, and Treatment for Suicidality | 2014 |
| Attending Notification | 2007 |
Myriad organizations generate clinical or patient safety guidelines (many are cited in CRICO’s materials). Less common are decision support tools built on the most robust MPL database in the United States, Candello, and draw from the range and depth of expertise available to CRICO through its insured organizations, the AMC PSO, and the Candello community. While CRICO’s materials do not establish a standard of care, many health care systems use these decision support tools in their training and ongoing education programs.
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