CRICO Insights: November 2017

Current Top 5 Patient Safety Alerts

The AMC PSO convenes experts from across the medical community to assess clinical risks and solutions for patient safety. Within the past six months, here are the reports that people requested most.

1.

Periprocedural Management of Anticoagulation Therapy

2.

Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in the Emergency Department

3.

Failure to Rescue

4.

Wrong Site Surgery

5.

Risks Associated with Interventional Procedures in the Ambulatory Setting

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Rare Blood Disease Fatal After Slow Labs Review, Narrow Focus

A woman died of a rare blood disease several weeks after abnormal laboratory results became available. What went wrong?

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Sued: The Physician’s Journey

In this brief film, four physician defendants describe their experiences with the legal system. How did it affect them? Who was there to help? (available by request)

ONLINE CME: MITIGATING RISKS IN PRIMARY CARE

Colorectal Cancer

Our expert faculty discuss current screening recommendations for colorectal cancer and projects designed to improve patient compliance with testing. Free Cat 1 CME on your schedule...

PODCAST

Catching Transitioning Patients Before They Fall (through the cracks)

Re-admissions at 180 days drop for young, high-risk patients after specialized intervention during and after discharge. Better clinical outcomes, lower cost...

Stepping Through the CRICO Grant Process

Our grant awards are designed to support identification, evaluation, and implementation of patient safety solutions aligned with identified areas of malpractice risk. Follow this year’s cycle...

Latest News from CRICO

Get all your medmal and patient safety news here.

    Diagnostic Errors Linked to Nearly 800,000 Deaths or Cases of Permanent Disability in U.S.

    News
    CRICO in partnership with Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence, conducted a study that indicates misdiagnosis of disease or other medical conditions leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths and permanent disabilities each year in the U.S.

    In the Wake of a New Report on Diagnostic Errors SIDM Invites Collaboration and Policy Action

    News
    A new report by CRICO and Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence provides the first national estimate of permanent morbidity and mortality resulting from diagnostic errors across all clinical settings. The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) works to raise awareness of the burden of diagnostic error as a major public health issue and calls for collaboration and policy action on the issue.

    Burden of Serious Harms from Diagnostic Error in the USA

    News
    New analysis of national data by a multidisciplinary research team from the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence and CRICO, found that across all clinical settings, an estimated 795,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled by diagnostic error each year.
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