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

20 years of patient safety | AAMC

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June 6, 2019. In 1999, in its pioneering report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) revealed that as many as 98,000 …

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 …

Patient Safety - World Health Organization

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Medication errors are a leading cause of injury and avoidable harm in health care systems: globally, the cost associated with medication errors has been …

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 …

Apologies and medical error - PubMed

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2009 Feb;467(2):376-82. doi: 10.1007/s11999-008-0580-1. Epub 2008 Oct 30. Author Jennifer K Robbennolt 1 ... Patients indicate they want and expect explanations and …

Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading …

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According to the CDC, in 2013, 611,105 people died of heart disease, 584,881 died of cancer and 149,205 died of chronic respiratory disease — the top three causes of …

'Bleed Out' Shows How Medical Errors Can …

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In 2009, Steve Burrows' mom, Judie, went in for hip replacement surgery. She came out with brain damage and mobility issues after a weeks-long coma that …

The emotional impact of medical error involvement on

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Objective: Involvement in errors often results in serious health effects, emotional distress, as well as performance and work-related consequences in staff …

Non-Disclosure of Medical Errors an Egregious Violation …

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Ghana Med J. 2009 Mar; 43(1): 34–39. PMCID: PMC2709172. PMID: 19652753. Non-Disclosure of Medical Errors an Egregious Violation of Ethical Principles. ... These …