Houston Ebola Case Highlight Flaws in Electronic Health Records
Gene Moen
October 20, 2014
Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems can cause serious diagnostic and treatment errors
Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems can cause serious diagnostic and treatment errors
Doctors and other health care providers, just like all of us, have a hard time admitting mistakes. Unfortunately, in their line of work mistakes can cause tragic harm, and without admitting those mistakes and improving safety, patients will continue to be harmed.
A recent article in HealthDay News described a study that showed wide disparities in the rates of obstetrical complications in hospital across the U.S.
Every year, patients are misdiagnosed approximately 12 million times.
The Affordable Care Act will increase the number of insureds in our society, and this will likely change the way in which we receive our healthcare.
Diagnostic errors happen often, yet many are preventable. A recent article offers some tips to avoid such errors.
It is not uncommon for a patient who undergoes surgery or any invasive procedure to develop an infection. Although operating rooms are meant to provide a sterile field for a surgery, there are many ways in which a bacterial organism can invade the body through an opening.