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CRICO’s Are You Safe? Case Studies

These case studies are designed to help all members of a multidisciplinary team reduce the risk of patient harm in the course and diagnosis and treatment. Office-based events that trigger malpractice cases present valuable opportunities to identify vulnerabilities in communication, clinical judgment, and patient care systems.

Legal Report: Non-physician Liability for PCP

In this era of busy practices with growing patient panels and attendant paperwork, many successful physicians are looking for assistance with clinical care. Here’s what you need to know about managing the liability that comes with this assistance.

Failure to Connect the Dots During Multiple Visits

A 43-year-old male smoker who was seen often for episodic care over seven years, died of sudden cardiac arrest.

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Is My Patient’s History Up to Date? Risk: Missing/dismissing: failure to appreciate history, signs, and symptoms of a patient’s critical illness.

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Is My Patient’s History Up to Date?

November 10, 2016

Are You Safe? case study: A 57-year-old male with a history of two MIs, sleep apnea, and hypertension was seen for complaints of jaw pain (8/10 severity) and chest “tightness.”
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Multiple missteps in the referral process preceded patient’s death from cardiac failure Multiple missteps in the referral process preceded patient’s death from cardiac failure.

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Multiple missteps in the referral process preceded patient’s death from cardiac failure

December 1, 2014

Multiple missteps in the referral process preceded patient’s death from cardiac failure.
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Real Events, Real Opportunities for Improvement A new tool for improving patient safety

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Real Events, Real Opportunities for Improvement

February 24, 2015

Events that trigger malpractice cases office-based vulnerabilities.
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CRICO’s Are You Safe? Case Studies

Legal Report: Non-physician Liability for PCP

Failure to Connect the Dots During Multiple Visits

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Is My Patient’s History Up to Date?

Multiple missteps in the referral process preceded patient’s death from cardiac failure

Real Events, Real Opportunities for Improvement