medical errorsMedical center has more than 6000 "issues" with Cerner CPOE syst...Health Care Renewal Wed, 10/20/2010 - 09:35
As I have written at Healthcare Renewal before, computerized physician order entry systems (CPOE's) are known to present risks to patients through induction of medical errors. This technology is held out to be ready for national diffusion, right up to the POTUS. Q & A: Atul Gawande on How to Make Doctors BetterTIME: Top Science and Health Stories Mon, 01/04/2010 - 01:40
Surgeon and best-selling author Atul Gawande talks to TIME about how something as simple as a checklist can prevent medical errors Health care reform does little to end medical errorsSeattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness Sun, 10/18/2009 - 21:58
Health care legislation now before Congress takes only modest steps to address a problem that is far more deadly than inadequate medical insurance : medical error. LA hospital exposed patients to high radiationHeadlines from the Associated Press Sat, 10/10/2009 - 08:07
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California public health officials are investigating medical errors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in which 206 patients were exposed to high doses of radiation during CT brain scans.... Tags:
Dead by Mistake: State law on reporting medical errors lacks bot...Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness Sun, 08/09/2009 - 21:49
Six years after the "To Err is Human" report, the Washington state Legislature responded with a law mandating medical error reports. Reporting has been a trickle, at best. Group calls for zero tolerance of doctor bulliesHeadlines from the Associated Press Wed, 07/09/2008 - 12:25
CHICAGO (AP) -- Bullying doctors can make nurses afraid to question their performance, resulting in medical errors, according to a hospital group that announced new requirements for cracking down on intimidating behavior.... |
