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5 Patient Safety Resources to Lessen Your Risks

Take a moment to explore these resources...

1. Case Studies: Our case studies are designed to sharpen your patient safety skills with insight gained from med mal issues—derived from real cases from CRICO’s Candello national claims database. Discover what went wrong, what made a difference, and how harm could have been avoided.
   
2. Patient Safety Alerts: Short, focused summaries from our AMC Patient Safety Organization highlight common risk patterns and prevention strategies you can put into action.
3. Podcasts: Our Medmal Insider and Safety Net podcasts, with transcripts, feature case studies and clinical and patient safety leaders from Harvard and around the world to bring you the knowledge you need for safer patient care. You can visit our website or subscribe to receive notice of new episodes to listen to—anytime and anywhere. A convenient way to help meet risk management self-report CME requirements in Massachusetts.
4. Risk Management Education/Online Courses: As an ACCME accredited provider, CRICO provides many options to help you meet your Continuous Medical Education (CME) needs and Massachusetts risk management requirements. You can start with our on‑demand, online courses grounded in national malpractice data and real‑world claims experiences.
5. Patient Safety Library: Browse our extensive library of patient safety insights and resources by topic and specialty.

At CRICO, we honor Patient Safety Awareness 52 weeks a year and encourage all of you to follow a similar approach. For more patient safety resources, please visit our website’s Patient Safety Awareness page.