For more than 20 years, CRICO has analyzed claims and suits from the Harvard medical community to understand causes of error. We have learned that 67% of claims fall into four high risk areas: Diagnosis, Obstetrics, Surgery and Medication.
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Woman’s Stroke Progressed in ED without Intervention
The patient needed to be evaluated by a stroke team and a neurologist promptly to decide whether any treatment was indicated or possible. Triage should be the same whether the ER was empty or overcapacity.
Woman’s Stroke Progressed in ED without Intervention
The patient needed to be evaluated by a stroke team and a neurologist promptly to decide whether any treatment was indicated or possible. Triage should be the same whether the ER was empty or overcapacity.
Surgery Change Needed Better Consent
The goal was to treat uncontrolled pain from tumors but the patient was left with unexpected hearing loss. The patient sued when she claimed the surgeon changed the side of the operation without consulting her. For ideas that might help prevent these negative outcomes, we talk with Douglas Smink, MD, MPH, an associate medical director for CRICO and the Chief of Surgery at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital.
Surgery Change Needed Better Consent
The goal was to treat uncontrolled pain from tumors but the patient was left with unexpected hearing loss. The patient sued when she claimed the surgeon changed the side of the operation without consulting her. For ideas that might help prevent these negative outcomes, we talk with Douglas Smink, MD, MPH, an associate medical director for CRICO and the Chief of Surgery at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital.
Lack of Preparation, Safety Culture, Contributed to Loss of Baby
This OB patient’s risk factors were not adequately considered, and the team’s failure to follow protocols and secure back-up contributed to a lawsuit and a settlement of over $1 million.
Lack of Preparation, Safety Culture, Contributed to Loss of Baby
This OB patient's risk factors were not adequately considered, and the team's failure to follow protocols and secure back-up contributed to a lawsuit and a settlement of over $1 million.
Unclear Discharge Instructions, Patient Loses Foot
Lessons in preventing tragic patient misunderstandings and multi-year legal entanglements.
Unclear Discharge Instructions, Patient Loses Foot
In a lawsuit naming the Emergency Medicine physician and a nurse, the patient alleged that a dressing was applied too tightly, compromising the circulation and resulting in a gangrenous foot, requiring amputation. Despite an eventual defense verdict, some lessons show how to prevent this bad clinical result and a five-year legal ordeal.
Unclear Discharge Instructions, Patient Loses Foot
In a lawsuit naming the Emergency Medicine physician and a nurse, the patient alleged that a dressing was applied too tightly, compromising the circulation and resulting in a gangrenous foot, requiring amputation. Despite an eventual defense verdict, some lessons show how to prevent this bad clinical result and a five-year legal ordeal.
Woman Dies from Post-op Stroke When Anticoagulant Not Restarted
In a lawsuit naming four physicians, the patient’s estate alleged negligent failure to restart anticoagulation after surgery, resulting in a stroke and ultimately, her death.