News
Journal of Patient Safety Study Shows I-PASS Can Significantly Decrease Likelihood and Cost of Malpractice Claims
Jan 04, 2022
With commentary from Penny Greenberg, RN, MS, Candello’s Director of Operations, this press release discusses the researcher's findings on errors in the handoff of care. The study shows how communications errors are a chief contributing factor in claims involving the handoff of care, and that most of them would have been preventable using a communication tool.
Citation for the Full-text Article
Journal of Patient Safety Study Shows I-PASS Can Significantly Decrease Likelihood and Cost of Malpractice Claims. [Press Release]. 2022. Available at https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220104005241/en/Journal-of-Patient-Safety-Study-Shows-I-PASS-Can-Significantly-Decrease-Likelihood-and-Cost-of-Malpractice-Claims.
Related Articles
- Frequency and Nature of Communication and Handoff Failures in Medical Malpractice Claims
- Improving Patient Handoffs Helps Reduce Malpractice Claims
Latest News from CRICO
Hospitals are Looking for the Killer Amazon Alexa App
Integrating Research Quality Improvement and Medical Education for Better Handoffs and Safer Care Disseminating Adapting and Implementing the I-PASS Program
privately funded dissemination and implementation projects were carried out following the publication of the initial I-PASS study, which CRICO supported early on.
Non-technical Skills of Surgeons and Anaesthetists In Simulated Operating Theatre Crises
anaesthetist non-technical skills on the time it takes to resolve a crisis during simulation-based operative team training that was funded by a CRICO initiative.