The Impact of Incident Disclosure Behaviors on Medical Malpractice Claims

To provide preliminary estimates of incident disclosure behaviors on medical malpractice claims, a descriptive analysis of CRICO’s data on medical malpractice claims between 2012 and 2013 (n = 434) was performed.

Priscilia Giraldo, the study’s principal researcher from Spain, as part of her work, visited the United States and partnered on the study with CRICO’s Dr. Luke Sato, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Sato contributed to the study’s design, coordination, and data analysis; as well as co-authored the published research.

Missed Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease in Outpatient General Medicine: Insights from Malpractice Claims Data

CRICO Strategies and The Doctors Company partnered to conduct an in-depth analysis of cardiovascular disease-related medical malpractice claims data in outpatient general medicine. The data used in the study are from the CRICO Strategies Comparative Benchmarking System (CBS). READ MORE >

To Minimize Risk, Take a Deep Dive into Data

MMIC’s partnership with CRICO Strategies is integral to its process of performing statistical analysis across its medical malpractice claims to identify causal factors that occur with significant frequency. READ MORE >

Hospitals are Looking for the Killer Amazon Alexa App

CNBC recently interviewed researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital about their involvement in a CRICO-funded study to see how text-to-speech technology can be useful in helping surgeons comply with surgical safety checklists in the operating room. READ MORE >

Say What? Dangers of Miscommunicating

When miscommunication means life or death READ MORE >

Wong Receives MSHP Pharmacy Resident/Fellow Research Project Award

Adrian Wong, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, BCCCP, of the Department of Medicine and Department of Pharmacy Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was awarded by the Massachusetts Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP) for his CRICO-supported project. The award recognizes a pharmacy resident who has identified a specific problem related to health-system pharmacy practice and has proposed an innovative solution.

Pediatric Radiology Malpractice Claims—Characteristics and Comparison to Adult Radiology Claims

This study represents an important collaboration between CRICO and Boston Children’s Hospital in advancing safety in pediatric radiology.  READ MORE >