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Criminal Prosecution of Clinicians, CRICO Grant Recipients Announced, and More
Apr 14, 2022
CRICO Insights: April 2022
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Illness Severity
Evidence that Structured Handoffs WorkResearchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have demonstrated a link between patient handoff failures and malpractice cases. The most common lapses in handoffs were the failure to communicate the severity of the illness and a contingency plan. One such tool, I-PASS, explicitly addresses these areas: | |
| P | Patient Summary |
| A | Action List |
| S | Situation Awareness and Contingency Planning |
| S | Synthesis by Receiver |
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Criminal Prosecution of Health Care Providers Rare CRICO responds to the risk of criminal prosecution of nurses and other health care workers in light of the recent case in Tennessee.
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2022 CRICO Grant Recipients More than 57 CRICO-insured researchers will be principal investigators of projects being funded by CRICO in 2022. At the forefront of topics being studied are telemedicine, health care equity, and emergency medicine interventions.
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PODCAST In Malpractice Claims Connected to Diagnosis, Nurses Are Accountable A recent study, focused on claims that involve the diagnostic process, shines a light on nursing’s role in malpractice claims and preventing diagnostic error.
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Frontline Stories of Data-informed Change Just how do organizations (including CRICO) use medical malpractice data to improve patient safety? We gathered stories from our Candello members across the country. Get the report... |
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