Reducing Medical Errors

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 …

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

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

Medical errors are a serious public health problem and a leading cause of death in the United …

20 Tips To Help Prevent Medical Errors: Patient Fact Sheet

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

4 Actions to Reduce Medical Errors in U.S. Hospitals

https://hbr.org/2022/04/4-actions-to-reduce-medical-errors-in-u-s-hospitals

Make patient and staff safety a top priority. Safety is dependent on the organization’s culture …

Medical Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and …

https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/medical-errors.html

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 …

Working to Reduce Medication Errors | FDA

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/information-consumers-and-patients-drugs/working-reduce-medication-errors

This system is intended to help reduce the number of medication errors that occur in hospitals and other healthcare settings. FDA has published several …

Preventing medical errors - American …

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/09/preventing-errors

Medical errors are the third-leading cause of death in the United States—right after heart disease and cancer and more prevalent than respiratory ailments, …

Patient Safety - World Health Organization

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

Investments in reducing patient harm can lead to significant financial savings, and more importantly better patient outcomes (2). An example of prevention is …

Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34822165/

Background: Medication errors are preventable events that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the …

Improved Diagnostics & Patient Outcomes

https://www.healthit.gov/topic/health-it-and-health-information-exchange-basics/improved-diagnostics-patient-outcomes

Electronic health records (EHRs) can improve the ability to diagnose diseases and reduce—even prevent—medical errors, improving patient outcomes. A …