Medical Errors Stories 2013

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

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

Patient Stories - Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine

https://www.improvediagnosis.org/stories/

At least one in every three people has firsthand experience with diagnostic error, accounting for the most severe patient harm in health care today. Patient stories guarantee the …

Fatal mistakes - Vox

https://www.vox.com/2016/3/15/11157552/medical-errors-stories-mistakes

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

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

Medical errors cost approximately $20 billion a year. Medical errors in hospitals and clinics result in approximately 100,000 people dying each year. Medical …

6 Medication Error Stories That Made Headlines - Cureatr

https://blog.cureatr.com/6-medication-error-stories-that-made-headlines

10 Nightmarish Stories About Terrifying Medical Errors

https://listverse.com/2016/01/30/10-nightmarish-stories-about-terrifying-medical-errors/

The Wrong Dose - A True Story of Medication Error

https://allnurses.com/the-wrong-dose-a-t677840/

The Wrong Dose - A True Story of Medication Error Safety Nurse sat down with Margo, a fantastic oncology nurse, who talked about the night she gave a patient too much insulin, and he coded. He lived, …

12 Most Famous Medical Malpractice Cases - Leighton Law

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In 2000 Donald Church underwent surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. He was supposed to have an abdominal tumor removed. Surgeons did take …

A physician experiences a medical error. Here's her …

https://www.kevinmd.com/2016/10/physician-experiences-medical-error-heres-story.html

I went to my doctor where blood tests showed elevations in cardiac proteins used to diagnose heart attacks. A full evaluation revealed mild but reversible damage to …

3 horrific medical mistakes that scandalize the profession

https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/2016/05/09/3-horrific-medical-mistakes-scandalize-profession

Medical mistakes claim about 400,000 people every year in U.S. It seems that the number of deaths due to medical negligence is increasing every year. Here is the evidence: In 1999, the famous "To Err …

9 Real-Life Medical Mistakes That Will Make You Cringe

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While most surgeries go off without a hitch, medical errors are also common. In fact, one study estimated that they’re the third leading cause of death in the United States, claiming more than...