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  CRICO Clinical Guidelines

  

  In conjunction with clinical experts from Harvard-affiliated health care organizations, CRICO develops and maintains evidence-based decision support tools for physicians and nurses whose patient encounters align with high-severity malpractice risks. These guidelines, algorithms, and other tools are designed and periodically updated to help clinicians identify risk prone steps in specific diagnostic or treatment processes, and suggest protocols.

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• Physicians, Patient Safety Experts Dream of a Better EMR Targeted information in EMRs sought for safety
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  Physicians, Patient Safety Experts Dream of a Better EMR

  Tom A. Augello, CRICO

  April 9, 2013

  Physicians complain that they don’t see patient information they need, yet too much unneeded detail in electronic records hinders care.

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• Build a Better EMR Designing patient safety into EMRs
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  Build a Better EMR

  

  Jock Hoffman, CRICO

  February 27, 2013

  Patient safety experts see enormous potential in both the point-of-care opportunities for avoiding errors and the broader value of data aggregated from appropriately designed systems.

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• Breast Density & Patient Safety The challenge of limited evidence re: breast density
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  Breast Density & Patient Safety

  Jock Hoffman, CRICO

  January 30, 2013

  Providers have to convey to patients with dense breasts, both sides of the potential consequences of additional screening without increasing their own risk of being deemed liable for a missed or delayed breast cancer diagnosis.

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