Recipients

CRICO/RMF Patient Safety Research Grant
Recipients

Since the establishment of the research grant program in 2003, CRICO/RMF and its subsidiary Healthcare Safety Research Institute (HSRI), have awarded over 50 grants to support innovative projects in Patient Safefy. Physicians from a cross-section of the Harvard teaching hospitals have been awarded a total of 2.8 million dollars by CRICO/RMF to implement broad-reaching innovations to increase patient safety within their institutions. The grants were made possible by RMF's Controlled Risk Insurance Company (CRICO) Board.

Recipients by year in alphabetical order by Principle Investigators:

2008

  • Jeffrey Ecker, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
    “Defining Prolonged Second Stage Labor/Identifying Modifiable Risks”
  • Jonathan Einbinder, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    “Using a Quality Dashboard to Improve Follow-up of Prostate Cancer Screening Results”
  • Caprice Greenberg, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    “Using Video for a Prospective Human Factors Analysis of Surgical Safety”
  • Chris Langrigan, MD, MPH, Children's Hospital
    “Implementing a Comprehensive Handoff Program to Improve Pediatric Patient Safety”
  • Thomas D. Sequist, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    “Physician Personality Traits and Clinical Practice Patterns”

2007

  • Robert El-Karah, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    “Antibiotic Coverage in Post-Discharge Culture Results”
  • Gene Lambert, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
    “Standardization of Hospital Medicine Group Patient Hand-Offs”
  • Larry Nathanson, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    “Rapid Communication of Critical Lab Results to Emergency Department Providers”
  • Gordon Schiff, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    “Using Feedback to Close the Loop on Diagnosis Errors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Clinics”
  • Lydia Siegel, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    “Linking Test Ordering with Order Tracking: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
  • Katharine Zuckerman, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
    “Reducing Barriers in Access to Pediatric Specialty Care at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children”

2006

  • 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”

2003-2005
(available upon request)

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