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Top 5 facts about your MPL coverage; clinical guidelines in court; and more
Jan 14, 2015
CRICO Insights: January 2015
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If health care providers use a clinical guideline when they evaluate a patient, and the patient has a bad outcome, are the providers legally free and clear? Learn more | ||||||||
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CRICO Safer Care modules are designed to help all members of a multidisciplinary team reduce the risk of patient harm in the course of diagnosis and treatment. Learn more | ||||||||
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The CRICO community is pooling resources and wisdom to bring patient safety infrastructure to ambulatory care. Learn more | ||||||||
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Young Man Dies from Flu After ED Discharge An 18-year-old male was discharged from the ED, then readmitted within 12 hours with influenza, and died two days later from severe sepsis and multi-organ failure. Learn more | ||||||||
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Social Media Ills Add to Intervention Needs Increased focus on workplace behavior means that inappropriate Facebook postings or texts with sensitive information can threaten a doctor's professional life. Learn more | ||||||||
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| How Diagnoses Can Go Awry These are most common factors that prompted a malpractice claim or lawsuit after a diagnostic failure: | ||||||||
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| Learn more about the pitfalls of clinical judgment in diagnosis... |
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