In the Lab: Simple Math Errors Can Imperil Patients
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Doctors make the same arithmetic mistakes the rest of us make, but the consequences can be considerably more serious.
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Medication errors made in hospitals and clinics around the country harm at least 1.5 million Americans every year, according to a study by the National Academy of Sciences.
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65,535 = the Number of the Beast A Microsoft manager has confirmed the existence of a serious bug that could give programmers and number crunchers a failing grade when relying on the latest version of Excel to do basic arithmetic.â¦
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Primary care doctors, who sometimes review hundreds of test results each week, reported in a new study that delays in reviewing results for patients are common, and many said they are unhappy with how they manage these crucial pieces of information.
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Doctors are warned that ambiguous abbreviations in medical notes are putting patients' lives at risk.
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Doctors need guidance on how to avoid problems using technology to reach patients, says a researcher.
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The national test of student math skills is filled with easy questions, raising doubts about recent gains in achievement tests, a study contends.
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A hospital which gave 12 patients the wrong results following cancer checks uncovers two further 'discrepancies'.
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Computer systems designed to prevent medication errors in hospitals can actually contribute to mistakes, according to a new report.
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The numbers jump out at you each day, to the point where you think they must be misprints.
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Dr. Julius Pham's stomach churned when he saw a critically ill heart patient getting an antibiotic instead of a drug to support his blood pressure -- the kind of mix-up that is increasingly common in the United States, according to a new report.
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Review Waitrose's QuickCheck scanner a real time-saver
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Occupational therapist Karen Jacobs stumbled into the study of ergonomics quite by accident. She walked into her children's computer classroom in middle school and was horrified. "Everything was a mismatch," she remembers about the chairs, tables, and computers. "I thought, 'Oh my gosh, they are predisposing themselves to discomfort.' "
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Falls just shy of the magic number -- is it too much yet?
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In this issue, my colleague Chad Dickerson unveils his "Top 20 IT Mistakes" based on some unhappy lessons he and others have learned. This list is so much fun that I couldn't resist adding my own: five common mistakes that business people make when dealing with IT. Each of these derives from bitter experience. And in three of the cases, I was personally responsible for the bad judgment (please don't ask which three!).
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A study of a 2000-year-old calculator, known as the Antikythera Mechanism, reveals more about its use
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Think exchanging Santaâs mistake will be quick and easy? Not if you donât know the storeâs rules on receipts, time limits, restocking fees, or opened electronic items.