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A Doctor’s Reaction to a Patient's New Cancer Diagnosis
May 30, 2014
When a patient has a new diagnosis of cancer, Dr. Gila Kriegel reacts like most doctors: worrying about the patient’s potential suffering, and wondering if she could have done anything to prevent it.
1 minute 42 seconds
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Episodes
Recent episodes from the Safety Net series.
Accuracy at Issue in MA Disclosure Law
Podcast
In light of a 2012 disclosure mandate, clinicians are advised to resist the urge to reach a conclusion or speculate when telling patients about care that went wrong.
Teleradiology Leads Virtual Care Risk in New Study
Podcast
Researchers looking for malpractice risks with virtual visits were surprised to learn that teleradiology was leading the way in professional liability claims over the past 12 years. Virtual office visits didn’t show up in the malpractice claims data, but costs and severity associated with teleradiology claims were well above radiology claims with no telehealth component.
New Study Finds Outpatient Adverse Events Common, Often Preventable
Podcast
Some top-line conclusions are that outpatient harm was relatively common and often serious, with a call to action for intervention in outpatient errors. Drs. David Levine and David Bates of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School are joined by their co-author and CRICO Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Luke Sato, who leads our discussion.
Taking the Pulse of a Clinician’s Interpersonal Skills
Podcast
Several Harvard-affiliated medical institutions are piloting a program to provide personalized feedback to physicians about the effect of their behavior and interactions on others. More than 675 individuals have gone through the Rapid Pulse 360 evaluations as of Spring 2024. Can it have an impact on employment practices claims or provider-to-provider communication factors? And can follow-up one-to-one coaching help?