WHO targets medical mistakes
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AUSTRALIA is to join a new World Health Organisation initiative to create a &quot;culture of safety&quot; in health care amid concerns that one in 10 hospital patients are victims of preventable medical mistakes.
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It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail
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The government pledges to improve medical treatment after claims of neglect of returning UK troops.
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The Tories have announced plans to reform the system of seeking compensation for medical negligence.
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Hospitals should be fined if they harm patients, the government's chief medical officer has proposed.
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Patients with serious injuries are put at risk by untested and potentially dangerous treatments, experts say.
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Requiring doctors and hospitals to report publicly on their performance and tying their pay to the results would dramatically reduce avoidable deaths and costs attributable to poor medical care, says a new report from an organization
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Patients aren't the only ones harmed by medical errors, according to a survey released Wednesday that found many doctors who make mistakes &#151; and even those who come close &#151; suffer stress, sleep problems and loss of confidence.
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Too many doctors write prescriptions while under the influence of drug companies. Aggressive prosecution of the worst cases could help mend doctor-patient trust.
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a potential problem that led a national group of emergency-room doctors Monday to call for better preparation for the oncoming
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A hospital tries to contact patients after admitting errors were made by a pathologist in diagnosing cases of cancer.
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The revised &quot;Medical checkup standards for Civil servants enrollment (trial)&#39;&#39; has been published online. Compared with the original one there are great amendments for the revised one.
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Nov, 17, 2004 - A third of Americans say that they or a family member have experienced a preventable medical mistake and that many of those mistakes resulted in severe pain, disability, and sometimes death.
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Mistakes and other incidents in hospitals ranging from administrative errors to drug overdoses frequently endanger newborns and are often preventable, French researchers reported on Thursday.
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Calgary - A mistake that led to the death of a 69-year-old man after he was given the wrong medication could have happened at any hospital, an independent report into the error concluded.
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Requiring doctors and hospitals to report publicly on their performance and tying their pay to the results would dramatically reduce avoidable deaths and costs attributable
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