Safety Net

Find out how to respond when patients decline recommendations around virtual care. The AMC PSO patient safety alert, called Informed Patient Refusal in Virtual Care, includes a review of likely malpractice allegations and contributing factors. Safety Net interviews one of the co-authors, Dr. Adrienne Allen, Senior Director of Quality, Safety and Sustainability at North Shore Physicians Group Mass General Brigham Salem.

Find out how to respond when patients decline recommendations around virtual care. The AMC PSO patient safety alert, called Informed Patient Refusal in Virtual Care, includes a review of likely malpractice allegations and contributing factors. Safety Net interviews one of the co-authors, Dr. Adrienne Allen, Senior Director of Quality, Safety and Sustainability at North Shore Physicians Group Mass General Brigham Salem.

A new study shines light on nursing's role in malpractice claims and preventing diagnostic error. In 62 percent of the cases that involved a communication problem among providers, the patient died.

A new study shines light on nursing's role in malpractice claims and preventing diagnostic error. In 62 percent of the cases that involved a communication problem among providers, the patient died.

Discrimination and harassment: what’s happening in the Harvard medical system, as a national movement and local lawsuits press institutions to change?

Discrimination and harassment: what’s happening in the Harvard medical system, as a national movement and local lawsuits press institutions to change?

Micro-aggressions. Sexual harassment. Discrimination. On this episode of Safety Net, a special roundtable of health care experts looks at the legal and ethical dynamics behind conflicts over discrimination and harassment among colleagues and staff. What's happening in the Harvard medical system, as a national movement and local lawsuits press institutions to change?

Micro-aggressions. Sexual harassment. Discrimination. On this episode of Safety Net, a special roundtable of health care experts looks at the legal and ethical dynamics behind conflicts over discrimination and harassment among colleagues and staff. What's happening in the Harvard medical system, as a national movement and local lawsuits press institutions to change?

Each year, thousands of misdiagnosed cancers, technical errors in surgery, and other harm events are added to a national database of medical malpractice claims, and a benchmarking report is released to the public. This year, instead of only describing the significance of the trends and numbers, the sponsoring organization from the Harvard system, Candello, is releasing a report that describes real stories of tangible change arising from those numbers.

Harvard’s national database of coded medmal claims leads to changes across the country.