Medical Error Journal Articles

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

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Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

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Medical errors cost approximately $20 billion a year. Medical errors in hospitals and clinics result in approximately 100,000 people dying each year. Medical …

Medical Error - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of medical care, whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. Among the …

Disclosure of medical errors: physicians ... - BMC …

https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-020-00513-2

Medical error disclosure is defined as “communication between a health care provider and a patient, family members, or a patient’s proxy that acknowledges the …

Medication errors: a focus on nursing practice | Journal of ...

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One of the main branches of medical errors is medication errors which were demonstrated to be the source of morbidity and mortality in addition to the resulted …

Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US

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Medical error has been defined as an unintended act (either of omission or commission) or one that does not achieve its intended outcome, 3 the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended …

Medical errors: Healthcare professionals’ perspective at …

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The common medical errors result from incomplete instructions, incorrect dosage, and incorrect route of administration, diagnosis errors, and labelling errors. The perceived causes of these …

Medical Errors and Poor Communication - CHEST

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A medical error may result in no adverse outcome, and the fortunate patient may “dodge the bullet” of poor medical care. Equally, patient harm can occur even when a physician …

Is a Medical Mistake an Error or a Crime? - LWW

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Confronting Medical Error Evidence-Based Practice: Step by Step: The Seven Steps of Evidence-Based Practice The Current State of Nursing CE: Nursing's …

Update: RaDonda Vaught Sentenced to 3 Years Supervised …

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Medical error is a leading cause of illness, injury, and death. Medication errors are one of the most common types. The numbers show how serious the situation …