Ann G Lawthers
Biographic Data
| ID | 370098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann G Lawthers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann G |
| FAMILY NAME | Lawthers |
| SIGNATURE | LAWTHERS A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Identification of In-Hospital Complications From Claims Data
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the validity of the Complications Screening Program (CSP) by testing whether (1) ICD-9-CM codes used to identify a complication are coded completely and accurately and (2) the CSP algorithm successfully separates conditions present on admission from those occurring in the hospital. METHODS: We compared diagnosis and procedure codes contained in the Medicare claim with codes abstracted from an independent re-review …
Processing the tort deterrent signal
Physicians' Discourses on Malpractice and the Meaning of Medical Malpractice
Recent analyses of the professions have considered the question of the changing nature of professional power. This study is an interpretive analysis of the meaning of physicians' discourse in the face of a perceived challenge to the traditional boundaries of clinical practice from malpractice suits. The data for this analysis were drawn from interviews with physicians from three specialties and from documents produced by the AMA/Specialty Society…
The Nature of Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients
BACKGROUND: In a sample of 30,195 randomly selected hospital records, we identified 1133 patients (3.7 percent) with disabling injuries caused by medical treatment. We report here an analysis of these adverse events and their relation to error, negligence, and disability. METHODS: Two physician-reviewers independently identified the adverse events and evaluated them with respect to negligence, errors in management, and extent of disability. One o…
Incidence of Adverse Events and Negligence in Hospitalized Patients
BACKGROUND: As part of an interdisciplinary study of medical injury and malpractice litigation, we estimated the incidence of adverse events, defined as injuries caused by medical management, and of the subgroup of such injuries that resulted from negligent or substandard care. METHODS: We reviewed 30,121 randomly selected records from 51 randomly selected acute care, nonpsychiatric hospitals in New York State in 1984. We then developed populatio…
Physicians' Discourses on Malpractice and the Meaning of Medical Malpractice
Recent analyses of the professions have considered the question of the changing nature of professional power. This study is an interpretive analysis of the meaning of physicians' discourse in the face of a perceived challenge to the traditional boundaries of clinical practice from malpractice suits. The data for this analysis were drawn from interviews with physicians from three specialties and from documents produced by the AMA/Specialty Society…
Processing the tort deterrent signal
The Nature of Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients
BACKGROUND: In a sample of 30,195 randomly selected hospital records, we identified 1133 patients (3.7 percent) with disabling injuries caused by medical treatment. We report here an analysis of these adverse events and their relation to error, negligence, and disability. METHODS: Two physician-reviewers independently identified the adverse events and evaluated them with respect to negligence, errors in management, and extent of disability. One o…
Incidence of Adverse Events and Negligence in Hospitalized Patients
BACKGROUND: As part of an interdisciplinary study of medical injury and malpractice litigation, we estimated the incidence of adverse events, defined as injuries caused by medical management, and of the subgroup of such injuries that resulted from negligent or substandard care. METHODS: We reviewed 30,121 randomly selected records from 51 randomly selected acute care, nonpsychiatric hospitals in New York State in 1984. We then developed populatio…
Processing the tort deterrent signal
Physicians' Discourses on Malpractice and the Meaning of Medical Malpractice
Recent analyses of the professions have considered the question of the changing nature of professional power. This study is an interpretive analysis of the meaning of physicians' discourse in the face of a perceived challenge to the traditional boundaries of clinical practice from malpractice suits. The data for this analysis were drawn from interviews with physicians from three specialties and from documents produced by the AMA/Specialty Society…
Identification of In-Hospital Complications From Claims Data
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the validity of the Complications Screening Program (CSP) by testing whether (1) ICD-9-CM codes used to identify a complication are coded completely and accurately and (2) the CSP algorithm successfully separates conditions present on admission from those occurring in the hospital. METHODS: We compared diagnosis and procedure codes contained in the Medicare claim with codes abstracted from an independent re-review …
Medicine (5 works) · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (4 works) · Emergency Medicine (3 works) · Healthcare cost, quality, practices (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Malpractice (3 works) · Medical record (3 works) · Patient Safety and Medication Errors (3 works) · Adverse effect (2 works) · Incidence (geometry) (2 works)