Should Medical Errors Be Reported Public

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

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

Medical errors: Honesty is the best policy

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

How common are medical errors? Medical errors are, frankly, rampant. A recent study used data …

Error Reporting and Disclosure - Patient Safety and …

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One survey found that nurses also informally reported to physicians when a dose was withheld or omitted, but they were less likely to formally report the missed dose as an …

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

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

Many experts suggest the term “error” should not be used at all. Due to the negative connotation, it is prudent to limit the use of the term “error” when documenting …

Reporting Medical Errors - American Society of …

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reporting of adverse medical events and mandatory public health reporting of certain infectious diseases should be as-sessed, and the best practices of such programs …

The Best Response to Medical Errors?

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This nondefensive approach to addressing medical errors is gaining ground. “We are seeing …

Views of Practicing Physicians and the …

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Eighteen percent of physicians and 24 percent of the public reported an error that had had serious health consequences, including death (reported by 7 percent of …

Reporting Medical Errors to Improve Patient …

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As shown in Table 4, most physicians believed that reporting errors improves the quality of care for future patients, but only 54.8% knew how to report errors to …

Serious Reportable Adverse Events in Health Care

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Health care errors resulting in patient harm are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, although there is no national reporting of such occurrences. A number …

Editorial: Medical errors should be reported to public

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Estimates of medical mistakes each year in this country range from 1 million to 3 million. But strangely, specific numbers are not reported to any public agency or collected in a …

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

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

Many experts suggest the term “error” should not be used at all. Due to the negative connotation, it is prudent to limit the use of the term “error” when …