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.
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A young patient didn’t know about blindness risk before 12-hour, two-stage broken back surgery.
Using malpractice claim data, researchers find most surgical mistakes involved system factors.
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.
Study shows most non-meritorious claims don’t pay, and claims involving medical errors account for vast majority of administrative costs.
