Resource

Resource is an audio-CD publication presenting interviews with experts in patient safety and risk management, case abstracts and legal reports. Listen in your car, on your stereo, or at your computer for updates and CME credits. It is produced bi-monthly by CRICO/RMF as a free service to the CRICO-insured and available by subscription.

July 2006 Issue

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Wrong Site, Quickly Settled

Clear liability case from a reversed X-ray was resolved efficiently with insurer/institution cooperation.

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Surgeons and Error Disclosure

New research shows shortcomings in communication skills that experts say can be taught.

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Best Practice: Informed Consent that Sticks

Feds clarify new rules on telling patients before a procedure if and how residents will be involved, listing alternatives on the form, and securing a witness signature.

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Legal Report: Risky "Favors" for Friends

Protecting your professional integrity and medical license when friends, family, and colleagues corner you at the barbecue.

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New Patient Safety Guidance for OBs

Elective C-sections and other recent trends are covered in Harvard’s latest Clinical Guidelines for Obstetrical Providers.

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