The state of Minnesota has embarked on an ambitious program that is expected to result in a significant reduction in serious errors that can cause death or serious harm to hospital patients. The ...
Mandatory national reporting of medical errors should be a top priority in Congress, said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, a key subcommittee chairman who helped write the current healthcare reform ...
Lawmakers will introduce legislation to upgrade Washington’s medical-error reporting program in January in response to a report that showed problems with the ...
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA — The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has been appointed to manage the California Medication Errors Reporting Program, marking ...
For a fourth year in a row, Maryland recorded an increase in reported medical mistakes, including some that were fatal, the state’s Department of Health said in its annual patient safety report. The ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new state law that will require Indiana hospitals to report medical errors in more than two dozen categories can help hospital patients, a Purdue University health-care expert ...
A biopsy sample smaller than a pinhead was placed on a sterile towel at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester last year and whisked to a pathology lab. On arrival, the dab of human tissue was nowhere to be ...
Diagnostic errors among hospitalized adults who died or were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) were fairly common, a retrospective cohort study suggested. In a random sample of over 2,400 ...
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