Oncology & Cancer
Picture this: A dramatic drop in wrong patient errors
Adding a photo of a face to x-ray images can reduce "wrong-patient" errors five-fold, a new study finds.
Apr 15, 2013
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To curb medical errors, physicians must be better trained to admit mistakes
Medical errors are a leading cause of death in the United States, with some research suggesting that errors can cause as many 250,000 fatalities each year. The medical community has made strides to normalize and encourage ...
May 19, 2017
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Improving patient safety using principles of aerospace engineering
Approximately 13 billion laboratory tests are administered every year in the United States, but not every result is timely or accurate. Laboratory missteps prevent patients from receiving appropriate, necessary, and sometimes ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Injections are two-and-a-half times safer when nurses use revamped guidelines
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is changing the way it writes its guidelines for giving injections in hospitals, following groundbreaking research from the University of Bath.
Jul 6, 2020
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Checks and balances for medical practitioners?
USC Marshall study finds video capture and other automated systems cut down medical errors and minimize the tendency to operate outside normal procedures.
Mar 21, 2012
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
More than 80% of UK medical certificates recording stillbirths contain errors, research reveals
More than 80% of UK medical certificates recording stillbirths contain errors, research reveals.
Jun 21, 2022
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Recommendations issued for enhancing ICU diagnostic safety
(HealthDay)—Identifying and reducing diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit (ICU) should be a top priority, according to a perspective article published in the Aug. 1 issue of the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Sep 15, 2018
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Health IT expert says electronic medical records finally catching on
The U.S. Olympic Committee is converting to electronic medical records (EMRs) this month for hundreds of athletes who will be competing in London, as well as thousands of other athletes who have been seen by Olympic Committee ...
Jun 19, 2012
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Many primary care doctors are reluctant to talk about medical errors, study finds
While most primary care physicians would provide some information about a medical error, only a minority would fully disclose important information about potentially harmful medical errors to patients, a new survey shows.
Nov 28, 2016
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Medical errors may stem more from physician burnout than unsafe health care settings
Physician burnout is at least equally responsible for medical errors as unsafe medical workplace conditions, if not more so, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Jul 9, 2018
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