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Target Area: Failure to Diagnose Cancer

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Commentary: Room for Improvement in Cancer Screening By Saul N. Weingart, M.D., Ph.D. Saul Weingart is in the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

RMF Breast Care Management Algorithm Failure to diagnose breast cancer affects health care providers across a spectrum of specialties. To reduce the likelihood of such events, a task force of breast care specialists have recently updated the RMF Breast Care Management Algorithm.

Overview of CRICO's Diagnosis-related Cancer Claims By Mary Schaefer, R.N., M.Ed., A.R.M., J.D., Director of Regulatory and Institutional Services at Risk Management Foundation.

Early Detection of Prostate Cancer with the Prostate-specific Antigen Test By Michael J. Barry, M.D. Dr. Barry is with the Medical Practices Evaluation Center at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Colon Cancer Screening GuidelinesHelen Shields, M.D., F.A.C.P. Dr. Shields is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is a member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and the Colon Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Evolving Strategies in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Identification of Tumor Associated DNA Mutations in StoolBy Barry M. Berger, M.D., F.C.A.P., Vice President for Laboratory Medicine at EXACT Sciences Corporation, Visiting Staff Pathologist, Department of Pathology of Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Instructor in Pathology at Harvard Medical School.

American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer Each year the American Cancer Society (ACS) publishes a summary of existing recommendations for early cancer detection, including updates, and/or emerging issues that are relevant to screening for cancer.

The Patient Perspective on Colorectal Cancer TestingAs part of its effort to reduce patient harm related to failure to detect colon cancer, RMF commissioned two group interviews of individuals in the at-risk population. Compiled by Barry Orenstein; BOS, Inc. Edited by Jock Hoffman; Loss Prevention, Risk Management Foundation.

Observations on the Defense of Cancer-related Medical Malpractice Claims By John Ryan J.D., a partner with Sloane and Walsh, Boston, MA.

Closed Case Abstract: Follow-up. Document. Communicate.Despite close monitoring of another condition, a PCP fails to follow-up on worrisome test results. By Kim Nelson, R.N., J.D., General Counsel for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Inc.

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Legal Report: Big Award When X-rayed Mass Unknown to PatientLegal Editor Frank Reardon reviews a Cook County, Illinois case where a lack of clarity left no one in charge of abnormal test results.

Best Practice—Tracking Test ResultsIdentified through Risk Management Foundation's Office Practice Evaluation Program. Since 1998, RMF has evaluated hundreds of Harvard-affiliated ambulatory sites, through on-site chart reviews and interviews with staff.

New Breast CA Claim Study: Costs Up, More Radiologists Malpractice claims involving breast cancer continue to be a significant problem, and increasingly involve radiologists, according to a new national study.

Closed Claim Abstract: Colon CA Diagnosis Too Late Dr. Luke Sato, Chief Medical Officer at the Risk Management Foundation, discusses the key learning points of this closed claim abstract.

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