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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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Event reporting and incident analysis systems have been around for a number of years. Whether electronic or paper-based, they only provide a way of trending and reporting about demographics and symptoms for an institution
Risk management tools from insurance companies and complaint reporting are just ways to capture evidence of allegations of events that have happened in a particular institution
CRG Medical focuses on the need to review symptoms for factors and underlying causes, providing analysis of occurrences that are most likely to cost the institution financially. This provides a safer environment for patients and caregivers by identifying process improvement opportunities where safety barriers are being breached
The CRG Medical process builds Healthcare Knowledge Management Models (HKM&M). Specifically, the process takes traditionally obscure data from all the above systems, including the institutional clinical systems, to build predictive models of the institutions’ risks, creating opportunities to reduce operational budgets
CRG Medical’s products work in conjunction with all the leading packages in the healthcare industry that capture the basic data that needs to be evaluated. CRG Medical excels by utilizing its proprietary knowledge management solutions to enable an institution to review 100 times more occurrences than is currently possible using old approaches
This approach permits introduction of more specific and focused interventions within existing systems. The occurrence and costs of preventable harmful medical events are reduced thereby making facilities more competitive
Introducing HKM&M into the solution allows a healthcare institution to add visible and measurable, continual improvement activities to their daily activities, all within the confines of a leading edge, object-oriented Knowledge Management environment
Adding CRG Medical’s HKM&M solution results in protection of the caregivers, patients, and the reputation of the healthcare institution, while contributing to the revenue line and a long-term community relationship

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