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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News tagged with medication errors
Health
Doctor's 'mood' likely to increase their risk of being sued
Australian doctors are more likely to be sued for medical negligence if they are unhappy, overworked, working in rural areas, or if they have suffered a recent injury or illness according to new research from the University ...
Jun 02, 2022
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Health
Anesthesia patient safety foundation calls on health care systems to make systemic changes to stop medical errors
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), a related organization of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), has released a statement on the criminalization of medical errors with a call to action to all health ...
May 26, 2022
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Surgery
New clinical support software improves efficiency and quality of care in the operating room
People undergoing surgery are at risk for harm due to medication errors. A new approach to managing and documenting how medications are administered in the operating room (OR) improves patient safety and clinicians' workflow ...
May 16, 2022
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Medical research
Study finds that limiting resident-physician work hours improved patient safety outcomes
In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) limited first-year resident-physicians' work hours to no more than 16 consecutive hours after studies indicated that longer shifts may increase risk ...
May 11, 2022
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Medications
How common are medication-related errors in home care?
In a questionnaire-based study published in Pharmacology Research & Perspectives that included 485 fully trained nurses of 107 home care services, nearly half of all nursing staff made at least one error within the last year ...
May 04, 2022
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Health
Study IDs recurring diagnostic pitfalls and points to ways that uncovering pitfalls can help improve medical diagnosis
When it comes to medical errors, diagnostic errors are the most common type of error reported by patients and the leading cause of malpractice claims. Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators complied and analyzed data ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Health informatics
Using artificial intelligence to improve reporting of medication errors
A novel machine-learning method has teased out factors that are responsible for nurses reporting, or failing to report, non-critical errors in dispensing medication
Jan 19, 2022
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Health
Researchers find novel means of flagging inpatient pharmacy orders for intervention
Medication order errors are a significant, and preventable, public health problem. The widespread deployment of electronic health records and computerized order entry systems has largely reduced medication order errors and ...
Oct 19, 2021
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Surgery
Laws, incentives and mindset changes that could reduce lethal medical errors
Dr. Christopher Duntsch was a spine surgeon so reckless, incompetent or impaired that he's now in a Texas prison. Better known as "Dr. Death," Duntsch severed nerves, vocal cords and arteries that should not have been touched. ...
Oct 13, 2021
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