CRICO/RMF Patient Safety Research Grant
Past Recipients

Since its inception in 2003, the Risk Management Foundation (RMF)/Healthcare Safety Research Institute (HSRI) research grant program, has annually awarded funding to several Harvard-affiliated medical institutions for their patient safety projects. The grants were made possible by RMF's Controlled Risk Insurance Company (CRICO) Board.

2006
(In alphabetical order by Principal Investigators)

• Arvind Agnihotri, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  “Error Reduction and Recovery in Cardiac Surgery through Simulation-Based Teamwork and Communication Training”
• Edward Bailey, MD, North Shore Medical Center
  “A Communication Model for Responding to Complaints”
• Sandra Cremers, MD, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
  “Use of a Valid Risk Assessment Tool Objective and Outcomes Database to Improve Surgical Outcomes & Patient-Surgeon Communications”
• Meghan Dierks, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  “Breaking Down the Barriers to Effective Morbidity and Mortality Review”
• William Kettyle, MD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  “Enhancing Medication Safety in the Ambulatory Setting Using Human Factors Engineering”
• Jonathan Kruskal, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  “Development of a Comprehensive Computerized System for Communicating and Follow-up of Newly Detect Lung Nodules”
• Josephine Lok, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  “Improving Crisis Control in Surgical and Medical Patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit using Simulation-based Leadership Training”
• Eric Poon, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  “Preventing Errors Introduced by the Use of Electronic Prescribing”
• Christopher Roy, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  “Improving Physicians Awareness of and Communication about Hospital Readmission”
• Thomas Sequist, MD, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Brigham and Women’s Hospital “Improving Follow-up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Tests”
  

2005
(In alphabetical order by Principal Investigators)

• Richard Balaban, MD, Cambridge Health Alliance
  "Redefining and Redesigning Hospital Discharge to Enhance Patient Safety"
• Lisa Horowitz, PhD, MPH, Children’s Hospital
  "Capturing and Utilizing Patient Safety Observations from Parents/Families of Pediatric Patients"
• Deborah Levine, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  "Gynecologic Ultrasound Reporting System: A QA Project to Standardize Reporting of Pelvic Sonograms"
• Shan Liu, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  "Frequency of Adverse Events and Errors Among Chest Pain, Pneumonia and Cellulitis Patients Boarding in the Emergency Department"
• Zeev Neuwirth, MD, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
  "The Impact of Communication Skills Training and Team Building Initiative on Patient’s Perception of Physician Communication and Relationship Building in a Multi-site Primary Care Practice"
• Lynn Nuti, BSN, JD, Newton Wellesley Hospital
  "What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Demonstration Project on the Implementation of a Full Disclosure of Unanticipated Outcomes and Medical Errors Program"
• Mitchell Rein, MD, North Shore Medical Center
  "Rapid Response Team Pilot"
• Jeffrey Rothschild, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  "Implementation and Evaluation of a Rapid Response System"
• Jeffrey Schnipper, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  "Implementation and Evaluation of a Medication Reconciliation Protocol at a Large Teaching Hospital"
• Henry Tom Stelfox, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  "Content Analysis of Patient Complaints"
  

2003-2004
(In alphabetical order by Principal Investigators)

• Michael Agus, MD, Children's Hospital Boston
  "Implementation of a Pediatric Care Unit: Effects on Patient Safety"
• Sylvia Bartel Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  "Chemotherapy Error Reduction in the Pediatric Ambulatory Setting Following Computerized Order Entry Implementation"
• Joan Fitzmaurice, RN, Massachusetts General Hospital
  "Transitions in Care: Technical and Relational Communication During Handoffs"
• Allan Frankel, MD, Partners HealthCare Systems, Inc
  "Towards a High Reliability Perinatal Unit: Demonstration Program to Embed Principles of Simulation-based Event Management and Teamwork"
• Ruth Fretts, MD, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
  "Reduction of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnancies with Decreased Fetal Movement"
• Tejal Gandhi, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  "The Effect of a Results Management System on Physician Awareness of Post-Discharge Laboratory and Radiology Results"
• Ann Hurley, RN, DNSc, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  "Prevent Harm/Promote Efficacy: Nurses’ Critical Thinking During Process Medication"
• Allen Kachalia, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  "Where do Teamwork and Communication Breakdowns Need Intervention? An Analysis of Sentinel Events and Events Reported to Risk Management"
• Gila Kriegel, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  "Designing a Computerized System for Follow-up of Abnormal Cancer Screening Tests"
• Kshitiji Mistry, MD, Children's Hospital Boston
  "Communication During Post-operative Patient Handoff in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit"
• Karen Lasser, MD, Cambridge Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital
  "Assessing the Frequency of Failure to Adhere to Black-Box Warnings in Outpatients"
• Jenifer Lightdale, MD, Children's Hospital Boston
  "A Proposed Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial of Capnography for Increasing the Safety of Children Undergoing Procedures with Conscious Sedation"
• Donald Moorman, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  "Assessment of Impact of Team Training in Perioperative Care"
• David Roberson, MD, Children's Hospital Boston
  "Development of a Simulator Based Orientation Program for Surgical Residents Rotating at Children’s Hospital"
• Daniel Rosenthal, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  "Important Findings Alert"
• Jeffrey Rothschild, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  "Intercepting Near Miss Adverse Events: The Critical Care Nursing Safety Net"
• Thomas Sequist, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  "Outpatient Acute Myocardial Infarction: Identifying Patient and System Risk Factors"
• Charles Chris Smith, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  "Preventing Procedural Errors: Creation and Evaluation of an Inpatient Procedure Service"
• Robert Ursprung, MD, Children's Hospital Boston
  "Random Safety Audits to Reduce Errors in Neonatal Intensive Care"

For additional information or questions, please contact: Jessica Bradley, 617.679.5100, ext. 1248, or email: Jbradley@rmf.harvard.edu