2006 CRICO/RMF Patient Safety Research Grant Recipients

In its fourth year of patient safety research funding, the Harvard medical community’s patient safety and medical malpractice company has focused on diagnostic issues in the ambulatory setting and other issues drawn from analysis of high severity medical malpractice claims.

Recipients in alphabetical order by Principal Investigator:

• 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”
  

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