Showing posts with label error reduction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label error reduction. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

amednews: Revealing their medical errors: Why three doctors went public :: Aug. 15, 2011 ... American Medical News

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In September 2010, Kimberly Hiatt made a medical error. The critical care nurse at Seattle Children's Hospital miscalculated and gave a...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Medication Errors, FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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FDA receives medication error reports 4 on marketed human drugs (including prescription drugs, generic drugs, and over-the-counter drugs) ...
Friday, July 8, 2011

When Nurse Make Mistakes (Theresa Brown, RN) - NYTimes.com

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By THERESA BROWN, R.N. This year, a Seattle nurse named Kim Hiatt committed suicide. Ms. Hiatt’s death came nearly seven months after she h...
Friday, April 22, 2011

Nurse's suicide follows tragedy | Seattle Times Newspaper

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By Carol M. Ostrom Seattle Times health reporter Related Crisis ...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Hung-over surgeons more error-prone | Reuters

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Surgeons might want to steer clear of alcohol the night before operating, according to a new report that shows a hangover fuels errors duri...

Not Running a Hospital: Painfully slow

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You can already imagine the responses. "That's just in North Carolina." "Our patients are sicker." "There a...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

Checking Your Medical Records - More Important Than Ever Before

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Months ago, grand discussions of the shift from paper medical records to digital, electronic health and medical records, was all the rage. ...

Partnership for Patients - Win, Win, Win for American Healthcare

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It's called the Partnership for Patients .  (I like it already - it's focused on patients.)  It's a program being developed by...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Is the US healthcare system too litigious or too careless? | boxcuttersinc

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In a recent study published in  Health Affairs , researchers at the University of Utah and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement found ...
Thursday, April 7, 2011

Errors still common in U.S. hospitals | Reuters

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About one in three people in the United States will encounter some kind of mistake during a hospital stay, U.S. researchers said Thursday. ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Why Not The Best (Hospital Benchmark Data)

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Comparative Health Care Performance Data   See how well U.S. hospitals perform on measures of evidence-ba...

How safe is your hospital? - chicagotribune.com

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Just before it was disclosed that a medical error at the University of Chicago led to the death of James Tyree, a well-known financier and...

AIM: Adverse event reporting is on the rise

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Although the FDA 's Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) database has been in existence since 1969, more than half of the incidents ...

The Epidemic of Preventable Medical Harm, HealthcarePSI.org

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The Centers for Disease Control reports that 1.7 million people who enter the hospital this year - for any reason - will contract a Hospita...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

Admitting harm protects patients - Sunday, March 27, 2011 | 2 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun

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As Nevada legislators debate this week whether to require hospitals to publicly report when they harm patients , they could learn a lot fro...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Pain Medication Mistakes: Overdoses, Side Effects, and More

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It's been a hard day, and Joe's back is killing him. His wife has some Percocet left over from a trip to the dentist, and there...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Texas Senate panel advances bill to protect nurses | AP Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

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A Texas Senate committee approved legislation Tuesday aimed at strengthening protection for nurses who report abuse by doctors. The bill...

e-Autopsy: Kaiser Hospitals Dig In to Data to Assess Mortality

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You've heard the macabre joke that hospitals and doctors "bury their mistakes." Well, here's an interesting twist: At Kai...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

HHS Releases National Plan to Improve Health Literacy | HHS.gov

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Today, the United States Department of Health and Human Services released The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy aimed at mak...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Nearly 60% of paid home caregivers make medication errors, study finds - McKnight's Long Term Care News

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One-third of paid caregivers who work for clients who live in their own homes had difficulty reading and understanding health-related infor...