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CRICO Insights: January 2016

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Dropped, Denied, & Dismissed Malpractice Cases

Analysis of CRICO’s CBS database indicates that 72 percent of 46,000 medical malpractice cases analyzed were dropped, denied, or dismissed without a trial or settlement. Learn more

Algorithm Addresses Increased Maternal Risk

Recognizing and treating early indicators of postpartum maternal complications may prevent or reduce the severity of these situations. Learn more

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Misread X-ray of Pneumonia Patient

An urgent care clinician diagnosed a viral URI; later, a radiologist identified pneumonia. Clinic staff contacted the patient, but he died before he could get to the ED. What happened?

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Risk Status Changed, But Monitoring Did Not

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First Published – January 13, 2016

Related To: Claims, Communication, Decision Support, Emergency Medicine, General Medicine, Insight and Publications, Obstetrics

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Characterizing Malpractice Cases Involving Emergency Department Advanced Practice Providers, Physicians in Training, and Attending Physicians

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s emergency department experts collaborated with CRICO patient safety experts to co-author this study that was published in the Academic Emergency Medicine journal.

Establishing a Regional Registry for Neonatal Encephalopathy: Impact on Identiﬁcation of Gaps in Practice

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CRICO Grants

Neonatal encephalopathy continues to be a signiﬁcant risk for death and disability. To address this risk, regional guidelines were developed with the support of CRICO. A neonatal encephalopathy registry was also established. The aim of this study was to identify areas of variation in practice that could beneﬁt from quality improvement projects.

Utilization of Electronic Health Record Sex and Gender Demographic Fields: A Metadata and Mixed Methods Analysis

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CRICO Grants

This CRICO co-funded retroactive study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association analyzed the records of patients 18 years of age or older in the Mass General Brigham health system with a first Legal Sex entry (registration requirement) between 2018 and 2022. The study was important because "Sex and gender demographic data are widely viewed as essential to providing culturally responsive gender affirming care and facilitating research and public health interventions."

Postpartum Malpractice Claims: Can We Understand Preventable Harms and Socioeconomic Factors?

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Candello Member

In a multifactorial study, The Doctors Company (a Candello member organization) investigated postpartum claims to develop clinical recommendations to decrease the risks of postpartum morbidity and mortality.

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Top Reads, Dropped Cases, and more...

CRICO Insights: January 2016

Latest News from CRICO

Characterizing Malpractice Cases Involving Emergency Department Advanced Practice Providers, Physicians in Training, and Attending Physicians

Establishing a Regional Registry for Neonatal Encephalopathy: Impact on Identiﬁcation of Gaps in Practice

Utilization of Electronic Health Record Sex and Gender Demographic Fields: A Metadata and Mixed Methods Analysis

Postpartum Malpractice Claims: Can We Understand Preventable Harms and Socioeconomic Factors?

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