News
Harvard Releases Patient Safety Tools for Health System M & A
Apr 10, 2018
“Health system mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and affiliations can expose patients to significant, unintended harm if clinical leaders do not adequately plan for and manage safety risks,” wrote the author. This Captive Insurance article also shared the Patient Safety During System Expansion tools that readers could download from the Ariadne Labs web site, as well as on the CRICO web site.”
Citation for the Full-text Article
Harvard releases patient safety tools for health system M&A. Captive Insurance News. April 10, 2018.
Related Article
- Health System Expansions Can Pose Safety Risks
- Harvard Experts Release New Tools to Protect Patient Safety During Health System Mergers and Acquisitions [press release]
- Hospital Mergers or Acquisitions May Cause Short-Term Patient Safety Issues.
- The Risks to Patient Safety From Health System Expansions [original study]
- Patient Safety Discussion Toolkit for System Expansion [toolkit download]
- Viewpoint: Why Hospital Mergers Raise Patient Safety Problems
Latest News from CRICO
Get all your medmal and patient safety news here.
The Safety of Inpatient Health Care
News
Funded by CRICO, The Safety of Inpatient Health Care study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on January 12, 2023 is an important follow up to the landmark Harvard Medical Practice Study (HMPS), published in 1991.
Tackling Ambulatory Safety Risks Through Patient Engagement: What 10,000 Patients and Families Say About Safety-related Knowledge, Behaviors, and Attitudes after Reading Visit Notes
News
This article, co-authored by CRICO's Associate Medical and Clinical Director Pat Folcarelli, RN, PhD, examines the risks in ambulatory care by surveying patients.
A Perioperative Teamwork Instructor Training Program for Supporting Perioperative Teamwork
News
A research abstract presenting the CRICO and Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) educational program focused on inter-professional educators to prepare them to lead training programs was selected as 2nd place award winner and will be presented at the 15th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, January 10th-14th, 2015.
Liability Impact of the Hospitalist Model of Care
News
This retrospective observational analysis used CRICO's Comparative Benchmarking Systems data to determine the risks and outcomes of malpractice claims against hospitalists in internal medicine.