Pediatrics
Parents often report medical errors in peds inpatient care
(HealthDay)—Parents frequently report medical errors in pediatric inpatient care, according to a study published online Feb. 29 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Mar 9, 2016
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Page 9 - News tagged with medical error
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
TB therapy-linked medication errors occur frequently
(HealthDay)—Medication errors associated with antituberculosis therapy occur frequently in an inpatient setting, according to a study published online Jan. 13 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.
Jan 20, 2016
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Surgery
Study finds medication errors, adverse drug events in one out of two surgeries studied
The first study to measure the incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events during the perioperative period - immediately before, during and right after a surgical procedure - has found that some sort of mistake ...
Oct 26, 2015
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When doctors get it wrong: Misdiagnoses are getting a closer look
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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Health
Study: What gets said should be what's heard; what gets heard should be what's meant
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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Medications
Brilinta? Brintellix? FDA warns of drug name mix-ups
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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Other
Computerized system almost completely cuts medical errors
(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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Pediatrics
What's in a name? For newborns, maybe fewer medical errors
(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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Health
Electronic medical management outperforms paper system in cost and patient safety
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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Debate heats up over safety of electronic health records
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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