WHO targets medical mistakes
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WASHINGTON The World Health Organization says one in ten hospital patients are victims of sometimes fatal medical mistakes that could have been prevented.
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Â· Government failed to follow up patients at riskÂ· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
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Lack of access to routine, quality health care led to as many as 79,000 deaths and $1.8 billion in avoidable medical costs in 2003, according to a new report from a private health care advocacy group.
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Five hundred and ninety-six patients, from seven countries (Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom) were included in this retrospective analysis* of patients who originally ...
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Doctors are warned that ambiguous abbreviations in medical notes are putting patients' lives at risk.
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'Tis the season -- or almost -- for vowing not to repeat the mistakes we made last year. Three consumer health experts helped us identify some of them. Before you prepare your own list of things to do better in 2008, consider their review of health lessons -- and traps to avoid -- in the new year.
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If only patients knew more about hospitals&#39; past mistakes, Jacqueline Imbertson thinks fewer of them would die. But if hospitals knew their private safety worries could become
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston, run by Harvard physician Dr. Donald Berwick, will try to save 100,000 patients from fatal medical errors and poor care in the next 18 months by persuading hospitals to improve in six areas.
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Leading doctors ask for an independent inquiry into the quality of care of severely injured patients.
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Hospitals increasingly are expecting volunteer trustees to go beyond the role of community boosters and tackle an imposing medical issue: preventing errors that lead to patient injuries and deaths.
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Patients going under the knife face a significant risk of becoming the victim of a medical error involving medication, according to a report being released today.
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Patient safety is at risk because of delays in hearing misconduct cases against nurses, the BBC learns.
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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 that works to improve
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Authors of a public-health article in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (p 1984) are calling for urgent international action to address the chronic lack of investment in human resources which is limiting the chance of tackling diseases such as HIV/AIDS
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It&#39;s a lesson that children learn even before their ABCs - say you&#39;re sorry when you have hurt someone. But now it&#39;s being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly effective way to soothe patients and head off malpractice lawsuits.
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The government announces proposals to improve patient safety as a study finds current safeguards are failing.
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(HealthDay News) -- Medical errors can occur when doctors don&#39;t have all of the information they need from a patient, including a comprehensive list of medications the patient takes, patient symptoms, and advice the patient has received from other doctors.