The Joint Commission’s review of "sentinel events" in hospitals works to understand why mistakes were made and how hospitals can avoid them in the future.
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.
Because it’s often impossible to properly assess a medical malpractice claim without knowing what the long term damages are, typically it is premature to involve an attorney until the injured person is "fixed and stable," and not still recovering.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have quietly stopped reporting some serious medical conditions to the public.
Medication errors – often the result of poor communication between health care provider and patient – are common occurrences.
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.
More technology doesn’t necessarily mean greater patient safety.
A recent blog by a noted nurse-educator about the agonizing death of her grandmother illustrates the opportunity for multiple medical errors in today’s complex medical care system.
USA Today published an article on August 20, 2013, that described the failure of the nation’s state medical disciplinary systems to police doctors who repeatedly cause patient harm through negligence and error.
