Avoidable Medical Mistakes

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499956/

Medical Mistakes and How to Avoid Them - WebMD

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ss/slideshow-medical-mistakes

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

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A deficiency or decision that, if corrected or avoided, will eliminate the undesirable consequence. Common root causes include: Changes in mental acumen …

Medical Error - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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The most common medical errors in the United States by occurrence are: adverse drug events, catheter-associated urinary tract …

20 Tips To Help Prevent Medical Errors: Patient Fact Sheet

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The Hidden Epidemic - Preventable Medical Errors - APRA

https://www.americanpatient.org/the-hidden-epidemic-preventable-medical-errors/

Types of Preventable Medical Errors Diagnostic Error or delay in diagnosis Failure to employ indicated tests Use of outmoded tests or therapy Failure to act on results of …

20 years of patient safety | AAMC

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In 1999, in its pioneering report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) revealed that as many as 98,000 patients died …

Medical errors: Honesty is the best policy - Harvard Health

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/medical-errors-honesty-is-the-best-policy-2016100310405

Medical errors are, frankly, rampant. A recent study used data analysis and extrapolation to estimate that “communication breakdowns, diagnostic errors, poor judgment, and inadequate skill” as …

Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading …

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Rather, they say, most errors represent systemic problems, including poorly coordinated care, fragmented insurance networks, the absence or underuse of safety …

ELIMINATING SERIOUS, PREVENTABLE, AND …

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As part of its ongoing effort to pay for better care, not just more services and higher costs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that …