Doctors and safety advocates have targeted many causes of patient harm - such as bungled prescriptions, excessive imaging scans and wrong-site surgeries - but have given little attention to an equally common cause: making ...
Sep 4, 2015
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The poor exchange of information at change of shift is one of the most common causes of medical errors at hospitals across the country. These errors have been estimated by the Institute of Medicine to cause as many as 98,000 ...
Aug 13, 2015
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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that some doctors and pharmacies are getting confused by the similar names of an antidepressant and a blood-thinning medicine.
Jul 30, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Over five years, a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system can reduce medical errors (MEs), with no new type of errors detected, according to a study published online July 14 in the Journal of Clinical ...
Jul 21, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Using more specific names for newborns may reduce hospital mix-ups by roughly a third, a new study suggests.
Jul 13, 2015
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A recent study into the cost-effectiveness of using an electronic medication management system (eMMs) has shown that monetary savings from reduced adverse drug events can offset the cost of implementing the system, making ...
Feb 27, 2015
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Department of Health and Human Services officials said Tuesday that the safety benefits of electronic health records far outweigh any potential problems, but critics say regulators are pushing health care providers to use ...
Feb 4, 2015
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Medical students who worked in pairs were more accurate in diagnosing simulated patient cases compared to students who worked alone, according to a study in the January 20 issue of JAMA.
Jan 20, 2015
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(HealthDay)—A three-step intervention addressing the diverse causes of medication errors can reduce these errors in a pediatric setting, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Jan 9, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Staff members who perceive a work climate of crisis mode in their hospital units say that it leads to problems in exchanging patient information, according to research published online Dec. 10 in the Journal ...
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