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Resource is a lively program of news, interviews, case studies, and legal reports
with the latest thinking in patient safety
and medical liability from experts at Harvard
and around the world.
Resource is produced every other month by
CRICO/RMF in the Harvard Medical system,
and is provided here through Princeton’s partnership with CRICO/RMF. For your
convenience, it is available as an
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Resource: March 2008
 
Program Summary:
MD Empathy: The Patient Perspective (10:22)
Physicians who express empathy get higher ratings by their patients on other care issues.
Guest Commentators:
Ronald Epstein, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
Wendy Levinson, MD
University of Toronto Department of Medicine
Toronto, Ontario
Debra Roter, DrPH
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD
Case Abstract:
Delayed Diagnosis of Post-op Infection (9:34)
Care required better resident supervision, closer follow-up on ordered test.
Guest Commentator:
William Berry, MD, MPH
CRICO/RMF
Cambridge, MA
The Nature of Resident Errors (9:34)
Research points to flawed hand-offs, judgment, and supervision.
Guest Commentators:
Sheila R. Barnett, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA
Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Legal Report:
Lost Evidence Loses Cases (6:15)
Fetal monitor strips, family history forms, and other non-medical record documents need to be preserved.
Guest Commentator:
Ellen Epstein Cohen, JD
Adler, Cohen, Harvey, Wakeman, Guekguezian, LLP
Boston, MA
Resource: January 2008
Program Summary:
Are Intact Surgical Teams Possible
for Safety? (10:47)
A gathering of surgeons
confronts rotating personnel in
operating rooms as a barrier to
using team methods for
patient safety.
Legal Report: Openness and Caution
in Disclosing Adverse Events (7:48)
A defense attorney’s
perspective on telling patients
what is known after an
unexpected adverse event.
Some Real World Solutions for Rising
Diagnosis Problems (7:00)
Tracking test results in
ambulatory care and
responding rapidly to in-patient
crises are among the sharings
from two health systems.
Closed Case Abstract: Decreased
Fetal Movement In Diagnosis (5:39)
Researcher explores new
opportunities to use reduced
movement in diagnosing and
possibly preventing fetal
demise.
News Briefs (1:35)
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