Healthcare professionals from the same medical centers hold morbidity and mortality conferences ("M&Ms") on a weekly to monthly basis. These conferences review all deaths, near-death cases, and lasting injuries at the center since the preceding M&M. They may also accept requests to examine other cases involving medical harm. Conference members are assigned cases and tasked with analyzing whether the outcome resulted from physician oversight, malpractice, or other underlying circumstances related to patient care. Afterward, members present and discuss their findings with the broader conference. The conference then determines whether the case reflects a failure in patient care and, if so, attempts to identify the source of the failure and ethical implications. Currently, M&Ms are strictly confidential, and their insights are only available within the institution conducting them.