CRICO Insights: January 2019

Top 5 Insights Articles from 2018

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NP Misses Fatal Illness on Phone with Patient’s Dad

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Are You Complicating Your Consults?

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ED, Stuck on Wrong Diagnosis, Blamed the Patient

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Imagining an EHR that Reduces Clinician Burnout

5.

Doctors Lose Their Own Malpractice Case


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Coping with Emotional Demands

Many defendants cite being sued as one of the most stressful event in their lives. The fact that much of the legal process is unfamiliar and out of your control further exacerbates the emotional impact. Learn more about our defendant support.

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Mitigating Wrong Level Spine Surgery

What can lead to performance of surgery at the wrong spine level? What can clinicians do to reduce the risk of this happening to their patients? The Spine Surgery Task Force tackled these questions.

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Key Areas in Safety and Risk Outside the Hospital

Renowned patient safety researcher—and practicing PCP—David W. Bates, MD, MSc, explores what we do and don’t know about risk in the outpatient setting. Spoiler: EHRs both help and hinder

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Wrong Rod Inserted During Surgery

Complications from the patient’s second surgery exposed a mistake in a prior surgery, leading to a settlement against the first surgeon. What went wrong?

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