Articles For Medical Errors

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 errors typically include surgical, diagnostic, medication, devices and equipment, and systems …

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

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Medication errors incorporate not just undesirable impacts from prescriptions, yet additionally incorporate ordering, transcription, dispensing, administration and …

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 problems …

A Doctor Confronts Medical Errors — And Systemic …

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Dr. Danielle Ofri, author of When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error, says medical mistakes are likely to increase as resource-strapped hospitals treat …

Medical errors: Honesty is the best policy - Harvard Health

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How common are medical errors? Medical errors are, frankly, rampant. A recent study used data analysis and extrapolation to estimate that “communication breakdowns, diagnostic errors, poor …

Medication Dispensing Errors And Prevention - NCBI …

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Medication misadventure includes medication errors, adverse drug reactions, and adverse drug events. It is created through omission or commission of medication administration. Medication …

6 Medication Error Stories That Made Headlines - Cureatr

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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, occurring in December 2017, has resulted in a reckless …

Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading …

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Rather, they say, most errors represent systemic problems, including poorly coordinated care, fragmented insurance networks, the absence or underuse of safety …

Your Health Care May Kill You: Medical Errors - PubMed

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A simulation model was constructed to examine the effect of potential organizational changes resulting from error reporting. Four interventions were simulated. The results …