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CRICO’s national data shows surgical specialties far exceed all others in both malpractice case frequency and total costs incurred.
Every interaction with a patient is prone to risk. Leverage Candello Data to identify risks which resonate, and apply a process by which you can mitigate those risks by addressing specific problems.
Neurosurgery malpractice cases are responsible for not only some of the largest indemnity payments, but also significant mental health tolls. Learn how data-driven patient safety interventions have already helped.
Surgeons, nurses, doctors, technicians and others gather in simulators at Harvard to learn teamwork.
Participants say it saves lives, money, and grief. Even skeptics say it’s worth the time and it should be done everywhere.
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October 18, 2019
As a surgeon, every time you step into the operating room, you run the risk that something could go wrong.
July 12, 2016
Surgical residents in the ED need opportunities to develop their ability for inductive logic and to improve their clinical sense through repeated exposure to undifferentiated, ill patients. With this experience, the surgical trainee sees a variety of clinical problems and patients, learns to think critically while under stress, practices his or her skills, learns from mistakes, and ultimately develops confidence in his or her decision-making and clinical judgment.
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October 11, 2008
Two years after gastric bypass surgery, a 41-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a complaint of severe abdominal pain; she was admitted for observation before emergency surgery the following day revealed necrotic small bowel.
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October 19, 2012
A top surgeon mistakenly performed carpal tunnel instead of trigger release procedure after multiple interruptions and personnel shift changes in OR.
