Patient safety and preventable medical errors
Tag: patient safety
A Fatal Medical Error: Lack of Care or Lack of Caring?
A family doctor relates the sad story of a fatal medical error that killed her friend Bob and ended up influencing her work for years to come.
How Technology is Changing Nursing Practice for the Better
Technology is changing nursing practice, making it easier to acquire patient data. One possible benefit: nurses may be freed up for more time with patients.
Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Training is Crucial to Patient Safety
Routine, rigorous fetal heart rate monitoring training is key to ensuring good outcomes for moms and babies during labor and delivery.
Early Diagnosis of Sepsis is the Key to Saving Lives
A doctor describes his personal experience of surviving sepsis. He is now a passionate advocate of early diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
The Promise of Failure Analysis in Healthcare
The makers of Learjet collect data & program what is learned about critical system failures in order to improve flight safety. Healthcare should do the same.
When Digital Devices Distract Doctors, Mistakes Can Happen
Digital distraction is emerging as a threat to patient safety & physician well-being. Patient care is a high-risk activity that requires undivided attention.
The Moral Dilemma of Learning Medicine from the Poor
Student-run clinics provide healthcare to the poor, but also provide opportunities for students to practice their skills on people with no other options.
Nursing Errors Led to My Son’s Unexpected Death
Nursing errors and the unmonitored use of patient-controlled analgesia led to the unexpected death of a mother's only child. It could have been prevented.
Opioids Can Kill People in the Hospital Too
Continuous monitoring can help improve patient safety when opioids are given in the hospital but it is important not to contribute to the staff's alarm fatigue.
How to Reduce Medication Errors by 82%
A hospital pharmacist describes how his hospital was able to reduce medication errors by 82% by following these five recommendations.
Reducing the Risk of Surgery One Patient at a Time
The Ready Surgery AI-Enhanced Risk Intelligence Platform was created by a digital health entrepreneur after her aunt's unexpected death from a surgical procedure.
The Why and How of Diagnostic Errors
Approximately 18 million diagnostic errors occur every year and nearly every person will experience one in their lifetime, making diagnostic errors an understated medical crisis