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Fear of legal consequences and institutional secrecy prevent learning from medical errors, expert argues
Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death worldwide, rivaling heart disease and cancer. Yet while medicine has ...
Diagnostic errors are common in hospitals and are largely preventable, according to a new observational study led by Anuj K. Dalal, MD, from the Division of General Internal Medicine at Brigham and ...
Two years ago, administrators and caregivers at St. Bernard Hospital in Chicago were stunned when they flunked a basic standard for patient safety. "It was a real jolt," said Charles Holland, the ...
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Nurses who break the silence on medical errors
In nursing school, you learn to avoid mistakes at all costs, as medical errors can result in physical injury or even death.
Most patients at most hospitals receive excellent care and recover from illness, injury or procedures in due course, It's long been known, however, that there is some risk associated with a hospital ...
Two months ago, the Administration alarmed policymakers with new information on how patients fared in hospitals during the pandemic. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), senior ...
In my last post, you met Paul Hastings, the recently-retired accountant about to embark on an around-the-world trip who ended up with one-way ticket to the hospital instead. More people die from ...
A report found hundreds of hospital errors going unreported. Nov. 6, 2011 -- Medicare inspectors must do a better job of tracking reports of serious mistakes in care at the nation's hospitals, as well ...
BOSTON (AP) — The number of medical errors reported by Massachusetts acute-care hospitals has jumped 70 percent since the state both expanded the scope of incidents hospitals are required to report ...
Rehab hospitals that help people recover from major surgeries and injuries have become a highly lucrative slice of the health care business. But federal data and inspection reports show that some run ...
Minnesota hospitals reported 125 serious problems, with 13 deaths linked to them, from October 2006 to October 2007. Mayo Clinic hospitals in Rochester contributed 19 serious problems and four deaths.
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