Medical Errors Articles

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

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Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

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Medical errors are a serious public health problem and a leading cause of death in the United States. It is challenging to uncover a consistent cause of errors and, …

A Doctor Confronts Medical Errors - NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/30/885186438/a-doctor-confronts-medical-errors-and-flaws-in-the-system-that-create-mistakes

A Doctor Confronts Medical Errors — And Systemic Flaws That Create Mistakes : Shots - Health News Dr. Danielle Ofri says medical errors are more common …

Medical Error - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) legendary report in 1999, "To Err is Human," estimated 98,000 …

Medical errors: Honesty is the best policy

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

Preventing medical errors—and learning from the ones that do occur. As the BMJ article authors point …

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

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Moreover, 0.078 errors per patient, and 0.029 errors per medication mainly because of dosing errors, drug omission, and wrong frequency errors. A previous study showed that …

Medical Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and …

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Medical errors can occur anywhere in the health care system--in hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, doctors' offices, nursing homes, pharmacies, and patients' homes--and can have …

Patient Safety - World Health Organization

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Many medical practices and risks associated with health care are emerging as major challenges for patient safety and contribute significantly to the burden of harm …

Root Cause Analysis and Medical Error …

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Communication deficits among medical staff members are another important root cause of medical errors that can be mitigated through standardized …

6 Medication Error Stories That Made …

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Here are six stories about medication errors that received increased media attention. 1. Vecuronium injected instead of Versed. This medication error, …