medical error
Study: Doctors don't like error-reporting systems
A new study suggests that reducing medical error rates may require both a change in medical culture and a redesign of reporting systems. According to the study, which appears this month in the... Read more...
Study: Doctors may not report peer mistakes
New research suggests that many doctors don't report fellow physicians for medical errors or even a lack of skills. The study, which appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that 45 percent... Read more...
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Study: Long intern shifts pose safety risks
More evidence from the "tired interns make mistakes" front. A new study presented at a professional conference suggests that extended shifts pose a threat to patient safety, not to mention the health of the interns themselves. Researchers collected more than 17,000 monthly reports from a group of more than 2,700 interns. Study author Laura Barger of Brigham and Women's Hospital then conducted a data analysis to see whether 24-hour-plus shifts were associated with reported medical errors …
... Read more...Hospital errors climb 3 percent
A new study suggests that hospital errors have increased appreciably from 2003 to 2005, with top-rated hospitals substantially better than worst-performing hospitals. The study, the fourth-annual HealthGrades Patient Safety in American Hospitals, found that the highest-rated facilities had 40 percent lower medical error rates than the worst performers. According to HealthGrades, there were 1.16 million patient safety problems within the Medicare population during the study period, …
... Read more...Indiana tracks serious medical errors
The results are in from Indiana's first in-depth look at medical errors made in its hospitals and healthcare facilities. The Indiana Medical Error Reporting System, which requires facilities to share information on 27 "serious reportable events," completed its first full year last year. According to the data reported to the state, 77 serious medical errors occurred at the state's 287 hospitals and healthcare facilities last year. Seventy-two of the 77 errors occurred at hospitals, …
... Read more...Patients urged to guard against care errors
According to research by the Harvard School of Public Health, about 34 percent of patients say they or their families have been affected by a medical error. For people with chronic illnesses, the percentage rises to a frightening 50 percent. This may be, in part, because doctors aren't spending a lot of time listening to patients, interrupting after about 23 seconds, studies suggest. Realistically, it also comes from the inevitable ongoing process errors that occur during the routine …
... Read more...Press Release: Patients broadly define medical ‘errors’
Press Release: Patients broadly define medical ‘errors’
... Read more...Study: Patients define medical errors broadly
Watch out: While you may define a medical error as an event which harms or risks harming a patient, patients themselves have a much more flexible idea of what an error is. According to a new study schedule for publication in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (JCJQPS) next month, when patients talk about errors, they're also considering communication problems, caregiver responsiveness and falls, rather limiting themselves to problems with care delivery. The …
... Read more...Third baby dies at IN hospital
A third premature baby died at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after receiving an adult dose of a blood thinner 1,000 times stronger than what the babies should have received. In all, six babies were given the improper dosage; the remaining three are expected to survive. An experienced pharmacy technician accidentally delivered the wrong dose of the blood thinner heparin; the adult and child's doses are stored in containers that look almost exactly the same.
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