CRICO

MedMal Insider

Science EN ↓ 59 afleveringen

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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CRICO

Categorie

Science

Website van de podcast

www.rmf.harvard.edu

Nieuwste aflevering

4 jun. 2026

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Afleveringen

Missed MI and a Failure to Connect the Dots 15.01.2013 9:04

Dr. Gordon Schiff discusses how to prevent a patient's heart attack, this practice would have needed better systems to monitor and identify chronic risk factors.

Surgeon: ‘I Blew It’ Hospital: ‘We Blew It’ Video 19.10.2012 9:07

A top surgeon mistakenly performed carpal tunnel instead of trigger release procedure after multiple interruptions and personnel shift changes in OR.

Late Follow Up Miffed Patient in 1821 Ortho Case 17.09.2012 9:10

Nation's “first malpractice crisis” resulted in 1821, after a horse fell on a man and the surgeon waited a month to visit his patient to see if his attempted hip reduction worked.

Midwife Didn’t Seek OB Consult on Fetal Heart Rate 31.07.2012 9:59

Lack of collaboration and poor documentation among the factors in large settlement with severely compromised infant.

Bleed Recovery Good, But Disclosure Faulted 01.06.2012 8:25

The surgeon orchestrated a great recovery from a massive bleed that resulted in blindness, but the patient sued for answers.

Test Delay Blamed in Woman’s Death 09.04.2012 7:40

The patient was under 50 and lack of communication between the PCP and GI about a sigmoidoscopy order contributed to a diagnostic failure.

Retained Object: Reliance on Memory Harms Patient 16.06.2011 8:30

The surgeon postponed removing a catheter fragment, and then forgot about it.

Lack of Empathy Triggers Suit Against Surgeon 03.02.2011 10:24

The patient and his wife felt that the surgeon was not forthcoming with an explanation of what happened and seemed indifferent to the impact on his patient, following conversion to an open procedure and large blood loss.

Wrong Site, Quickly Settled 01.07.2006 8:09

Clear liability case from a reversed X-ray was resolved efficiently with insurer/institution cooperation.