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Catherine Yoon
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 26
Citations - 4279
Catherine Yoon is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malpractice & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 21 publications receiving 3909 citations. Previous affiliations of Catherine Yoon include University of California, San Francisco & Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Claims, Errors, and Compensation Payments in Medical Malpractice Litigation
David M. Studdert,Michelle M. Mello,Atul A. Gawande,Tejal K. Gandhi,Allen Kachalia,Catherine Yoon,Ann Louise Puopolo,Troyen A. Brennan +7 more
TL;DR: Claims that lack evidence of error are not uncommon, but most are denied compensation, and the vast majority of expenditures go toward litigation over errors and payment of them.
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Changes in Medical Errors after Implementation of a Handoff Program
Amy J. Starmer,Amy J. Starmer,Nancy D. Spector,Rajendu Srivastava,Rajendu Srivastava,Daniel C. West,Glenn Rosenbluth,April D. Allen,Elizabeth Noble,Lisa L. Tse,Anuj K. Dalal,Carol A. Keohane,Stuart R. Lipsitz,Jeffrey M. Rothschild,Matthew F. Wien,Catherine Yoon,Katherine R. Zigmont,Karen M. Wilson,Jennifer K. O'Toole,Lauren G. Solan,Megan Aylor,Zia Bismilla,Maitreya Coffey,Sanjay Mahant,Rebecca Blankenburg,Lauren Destino,Jennifer L. Everhart,Shilpa J. Patel,Shilpa J. Patel,James F. Bale,Jaime Blank Spackman,Adam Stevenson,Sharon Calaman,F. Sessions Cole,Dorene F. Balmer,Jennifer Hepps,Joseph O. Lopreiato,Clifton E. Yu,Theodore C. Sectish,Christopher P. Landrigan +39 more
TL;DR: Implementation of the handoff program was associated with reductions in medical errors and in preventable adverse events and with improvements in communication, without a negative effect on workflow.
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Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in the Ambulatory Setting: A Study of Closed Malpractice Claims
Tejal K. Gandhi,Allen Kachalia,Eric J. Thomas,Ann Louise Puopolo,Catherine Yoon,Troyen A. Brennan,David M. Studdert +6 more
TL;DR: This work analyzed data from closed malpractice claims at 4 liability insurance companies to develop a framework for investigating missed and delayed diagnoses, advance understanding of their causes, and identify opportunities for prevention.
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Missed and delayed diagnoses in the ambulatory setting : A study of closed malpractice claims. Commentary
Tejal K. Gandhi,Allen Kachalia,Eric J. Thomas,Ann Louise Puopolo,Catherine Yoon,Troyen A. Brennan,David M. Studdert,Robert M. Wachter +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a framework for investigating missed and delayed diagnoses, advance understanding of their causes, and identify opportunities for prevention in the ambulatory setting, and developed a set of diagnostic errors associated with adverse outcomes for patients.
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Effect of Bar-Code Technology on the Safety of Medication Administration
Eric G. Poon,Carol A. Keohane,Catherine Yoon,Matthew Ditmore,Anne Bane,Osnat Levtzion-Korach,Thomas T. Moniz,Jeffrey M. Rothschild,Allen Kachalia,Judy Hayes,William W. Churchill,Stuart R. Lipsitz,Anthony D. Whittemore,David W. Bates,Tejal K. Gandhi +14 more
TL;DR: The use of bar-code e-marms has been shown to substantially reduce the rate of errors in order transcription and medication administration as discussed by the authors, although it did not eliminate all timing errors.