Disclosure, Colorectal Cancer, Dx Errors, and more

CRICO Insights March 2015

CRICO News Update

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Disclosure of Medical Error and Compensation

CRICO encourages honest and informed communications between clinicians and patients regarding all aspects of medical care. Learn more

case study Could you Miss a Colorectal Cancer?

Our data shows many do. Test your own knowledge by taking this private quiz. The scenario below is taken from a CRICO closed malpractice case. Learn more

CASE STUDY

Colon Cancer Diagnosis Delayed

A 68-year-old man was never screened before being diagnosed with colon cancer. Learn more

PODCAST

How Do Diagnosis Errors Happen?

Diagnostic errors out-paced errors in obstetrics, and were costlier than surgical cases in the newest annual CRICO Benchmarking Report. Learn more

Clinical Research Presentations

CRICO makes available a set of data profiles related to some of the highest risk areas for medical malpractice vulnerability.Learn more

2015 Patient Safety Symposium
Putting Culture on Trial:
A Class Action Suit

Is culture the guilty party
in unsafe care?
June 5, Boston Register

DATA SNAPSHOT

Analyzing the Diagnostic Process

2,685 cases filed 2008-2012 alleging a diagnostic failure and involving an ambulatory care patient.
A case will often have multiple factors identified.

Learn more about diagnositic errors...

First Published – March 18, 2015

Related To: Ambulatory, Claims, Communication, Decision Support, Diagnosis, General Medicine, Other Specialities, Surgery

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Ambulatory Safety Nets: Protecting Providers and Promoting Safety with Systems to Reduce Delayed Cancer Diagnoses

News

Ambulatory safety nets (ASNs) are person-centered programs that provide a highly reliable backup system for following up on abnormal test results when the standard follow-up process fails. Co-authored by CRICO’s Pat Folcarelli RN, MA, PhD, and Luke Sato, MD, this article about ASNs was featured in Inside Medical liability Online.

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.

Inform Safer Medical Oncology Practice with Lessons from Medical Malpractice Claims

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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.

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.

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Disclosure, Colorectal Cancer, Dx Errors, and more

CRICO Insights March 2015

Latest News from CRICO

Ambulatory Safety Nets: Protecting Providers and Promoting Safety with Systems to Reduce Delayed Cancer Diagnoses

Characterizing Malpractice Cases Involving Emergency Department Advanced Practice Providers, Physicians in Training, and Attending Physicians

Inform Safer Medical Oncology Practice with Lessons from Medical Malpractice Claims

An Analysis of Medical Malpractice Claims Against Medical Oncologists from a National Database: Implications for Safer Practice

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