FACTOIDS

  • One prospective study could identify the individual who 'might' be responsible in only 38% percent of the cases. In more than a third of the cases, it was 'simply not possible to assign any responsibility.' More than 60 percent of all errors were as a result of the design of the care system. (MJ Ball IMIA)
  • In 2003 medical malpractice costs, at almost $27 billion, cost each American an average $91 a year. This compares with $5 a year in 1975. (Towers Perrin)
  • A study based on a chart review of 15,000 medical records in Colorado and Utah, found that 54 percent of surgical errors were preventable (AHRQ fact sheet)
  • An ADE’s study showed that in preventable events, patients stayed in the hospital an average of 4.6 extra days, at an average additional cost of $5,857 (Bates/JAMA)
  • One in six hospitalized patients suffered medical injuries that prolonged their hospital stays (Andrews/Lancet)
  • 2 percent of hospital inpatients had a preventable medication error, resulting in an average increased hospital cost of $4,700 per admission or about $2.8 million annually for a 700-bed teaching hospital (IOM)
  • Recent estimates of the incidence of medical errors resulting in injuries reach as high as 17.7 percent of hospitalizations. (Andrews/Lancet)

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What it is:

  • Closed medical malpractice claims are analyzed through our tools for contributing factors (other than legal) and if known any intervening factors
  • From this review, comparisons may be made of causal factors between all types of cases from near misses to lawsuits
  • Apply the lessons learned in claims and lawsuits to near misses and newly recognized events

Why it is needed:

  • In order to prevent re-occurrence of a situation that leads to successful legal action against a facility, you need not only the type of event but why it occurred. Particular attention is placed on cases incurred but not reported
  • Gradually begin to take more preventive action that will result in less need to perform corrective action because there will be less systemic causes that lead to failures that result in claims and financial loss

What is the deliverable?

  • Summary of the type of case, the role of the practitioner, the causes (not just allegations), stage of event, and a "cube" that compares event type, contributing ad intervening factors

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