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NewsHospital medical mistakes up, patient harm down
Serious medical mistakes at Minnesota hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers rose slightly to 316 in 2011, up from 305 in 2010, according to an annual report released yesterday by the Minnesota Read more...
Medical errors could be exposed with appeals court decision
Medical errors could be publicly exposed with an upcoming Illinois Appellate Court case decision, reports American Medical News. The state had sued Walgreens to retrieve incident reports of Read more...
Hospital workers rewarded for reporting errors before they happen
A program that encourages clinicians to report risky incidents before an adverse event happens has led to 27 potentially life-saving changes at John Hopkins in only 24 months, according to an article Read more...
HHS reports: Adverse-event reporting not consistent
Twenty-six states operate event-reporting systems. However, according to two reports released by the HHS' inspector general's office, 15 of those states said that hospitals don't always report their Read more...
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