Patient deaths and injuries can be reduced by using standardized communication systems when patients are handed off from one provider to another.
A report to Congress recently highlighted the number and extent of inaccurate medical tests that are not sufficiently regulated by the FDA.
Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, but often times the victims of these errors never learn the full story.
A recent report from the Institute of Medicine (part of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine) highlights the seriousness of missed or delayed diagnosis.
Poorer outcomes occur in surgeries performed on the weekend and holidays. A recent study hopes to remedy this situation.
In sobering news, a recent report indicates that each of us will likely experience one diagnostic error.
Recently, researchers at Baylor University College of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center created a computer algorithm designed to prompted doctors to follow up with patients.
A recent Consumer Reports article describes a link between respectful treatment by health care works and fewer preventable medical errors. Unfortunately the converse is true: disrespectful doctors and nurses make more medical errors causing harm.
The "Standard of Care" is something a jury decides, including not only evidence of how doctors in Washington state actually practice, but also what experts for both sides say is the standard.
Hand-offs – patient information communicated from one provider to another – are a source of many errors that lead to patient injury. A new study and associated solution is hoping to cut those errors and increase patient safety.
