Patient Safety Medical Error

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29763131

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29763131/

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, even if found, to provide a consistent viable solution that minimizes the chances of a …

Patient Safety | The Joint Commission

https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/patient-safety/

Review our National Patient Safety Goals ... medical errors result in the death of between 44,000 and 98,000 patients every year. Health care professionals whose focus is on …

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement - Agency for …

https://www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/index.html

As the lead federal agency for advancing patient safety, AHRQ invests in research and implementation projects that bridge the gap between research and the delivery of safer …

Patient Safety - World Health Organization

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/patient-safety

Patient Safety is a health care discipline that emerged with the evolving complexity in health care systems and the resulting rise of patient harm in health care facilities. It aims to prevent and reduce risks, …

Medical Errors and Patient Safety - Boston University

https://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/MPH-Modules/HPM/AmericanHealthCare_Quality/AmericanHealthCare_Quality4.html

Medical Errors and Patient Safety. "Health care in the United States is not as safe as it should be - and can be. At least 44,000 people, and perhaps as many as 98,000 people, …

20 Tips To Help Prevent Medical Errors: Patient Fact Sheet

https://www.ahrq.gov/questions/resources/20-tips.html

Medical errors can occur anywhere in the healthcare system: hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, doctors' offices, nursing homes, pharmacies, and patients' homes. Errors can …

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 …

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/patient-safety/statute-and-rule/index.html

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) establishes a voluntary reporting system designed to enhance the data available to …

Adverse Events, Near Misses, and Errors | PSNet

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/adverse-events-near-misses-and-errors

Background The concept of medical harm has existed since antiquity, famously discussed by Hippocrates and passed on in the word iatrogenesis, from the …

Patient Safety: Types of Medical Errors - Lecturio

https://www.lecturio.com/concepts/patient-safety-types-and-causes-of-error/

Patient Safety: Types of Medical Errors . Patient Safety: Types of Medical Errors. There is a global consensus that quality Quality Activities and programs intended …