In addition to latest news on THEMIS, you can find a selection of our latest clinical risk alerts here.
We provide our policyholders with clinical risk alerts based on advanced claims intelligence provided by our Lead Clinical Partner, TMLEP. These are provided to help keep clinical practice reactive to emerging clinical risk trends, ensuring we can help create a safer clinical world.
This case arises from an alleged failure by the staff in A&E failing to recognise Compartment Syndrome and therefore delaying emergency surgery to alleviate the condition resulting in permanent damage to the patient’s lower leg and foot.
The claim relates to the alleged failure to appropriately advise the Claimant of the effects of radiotherapy treatment, resulting in a secondary infection and scarring.
This case, from TMLEP, arises from an alleged failure to refer a diabetic patient to a multidisciplinary team despite presenting with severe foot deformity and swelling, resulting in below-knee amputation.
This case, from our clinical partner, TMLEP, arises from an alleged failure to disclose all the material facts to the Patient prior to performing ankle surgery on a child by an orthopaedic surgeon and to not advising physiotherapy in the first instance.
This clinical case study discusses the importance of discussing the risks associated with a procedure between the patient and clinician as part of the consent process.
This case study considers the importance of recognising the early symptoms of a stroke and of quick intervention with thrombotic therapy (prevent blood clots from forming) to reduce the severity of acute brain damage and minimise ongoing or permanent brain injury.
By offering policyholders complimentary access to the very latest healthcare analytics updates from TMLEP, policyholders are kept up to date with access to clinical risk alerts that may impact their practice. As a THEMIS policyholder, this keeps clinical practice responsive to emerging trends that could lead to claims.