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• Colon Cancer Diagnosis Delayed Patient’s symptoms inadequately addressed by the PCP
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  Colon Cancer Diagnosis Delayed

  

  Tara Beuoy, RN, CRICO

  June 24, 2010

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

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• New Outpatient Diagnosis Insights Researchers identify multiple causes of diagnostic error and targets for intervention
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  New Outpatient Diagnosis Insights

  Tom A. Augello, CRICO

  January 1, 2007

  Medical errors related to diagnosis continue to bedevil patients, doctors, and malpractice insurers. At the national level, lawsuits for alleged negligent misdiagnosis represent the top category of malpractice claims. This is reflected in the Harvard system, where diagnostic errors account for a quarter of all claims naming a physician defendant, and 40 percent of incurred losses.

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• Optimizing MD-RN Communication in the ED Misdiagnosis is top ED risk
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  Optimizing MD-RN Communication in the ED

  CRICO Strategies

  February 14, 2011

  Missed or delayed diagnoses in the ED are the leading cause of malpractice liability in Emergency Medicine. While diagnosis-related missteps are often attributed to cognitive error on the part of the physician, analysis identifies communication problems and information gaps as present in many of the malpractice cases.

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• FAQs About Cancer Screening Breast Care Management and Colorectal Cancer Screening FAQs
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  FAQs About Cancer Screening

  May 4, 2011

  A failure or delay in diagnosing cancer is among the most common allegations on medical malpractice. CRICO and its panels of experts have developed decision support tools to help those clinicians most commonly named in such cases.

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