Benchmarking Reports

These stories shared by your peers illuminate both obvious value and more subtle benefits of applying our data and analytics to your critical problems and opportunities for improvement.

This study explored three key characteristics, that, when present, most significantly increase the odds that a given MPL case will close with an indemnity payment.

Ten-year trends in case frequency, indemnity, and expenses are presented along with exploration of the clinical aspects of malpractice claims and suits.

An examination of medication-related malpractice claims to understand the impact—financial and human—and root causes of medication-related errors.

With a special focus on General Medicine, Obstetrics, Nursing, and Surgery, this report shines light on the who, what, when, and where of miscommunication.

This report examines more than 4,700 diagnosis-related malpractice cases that demonstrate the pitfalls that put patients at risk of a missed or significantly delayed diagnosis. Most notably, our analysis pinpoints where in the clinician’s thought process mistakes are most likely to occur.

No adverse event is “routine,” but a significant number of malpractice cases hinge on problems that occurred during the routine course of medical treatment. In our fourth Comparative Benchmarking Report, we identify contributing factors and lessons learned based on analysis of 1,500 cases filed during a five-year span related to errors generated from the most common of medical procedures.

In our analysis of 1,300 medical malpractice cases involving emergency care, we investigate Emergency Medicine’s most pressing risk: missed and delayed diagnoses. This study explores key vulnerabilities that span the entire process of care and provides innovative examples of organizations using data to address their most significant ED challenges.

This analysis of 800 obstetrical medical malpractice cases from varied practice settings that focuses on the three most prevalent areas of obstetrical risk. It also highlights examples of Strategies’ national partners using CBS data to gain insight and implement solutions to enhance the safety of care delivered in their organizations.