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Open Communication Softens Impact of Medical Errors on Patients and FamiliesAlthough it has limits, open communication can decrease the emotional and behavioral impacts of medical errors.
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Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career CliniciansAbout 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine.
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IHI Pushes Safety as a Primary Business StrategyThe slow pace of hospital quality improvement frustrates patient safety advocates.
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No Safety Switch: How Lax Oversight Of Electronic Health Records Puts Patients At RiskPlans for putting patient safety first ? and for building a comprehensive injury reporting and reviewing system ? have stalled...
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FDA Panel: Workers a Key Factor in Dirty Duodenoscope SagaAlso, newer designs need more data, disposable scopes not yet approved
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'It's Very Unethical': Audio Shows Hospital Kept Vegetative Patient on Life Support to Boost Survival RatesDarryl Young suffered brain damage during a heart transplant at Newark Beth Israel and never woke up. Doctors kept him...
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Death Certificate Project Accuses 64 Calif. DoctorsFive surrender licenses after claims of grossly negligent overprescribing; more to come.
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Medical Imaging Rates Continue to RiseThe findings raise questions about the effectiveness of financial incentives and the 'Choosing Wisely' campaign.
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Twins, Triplets at Higher Risk for Mislabeling in NICU'Multiples with very similar names can be easily confused with each other,' study says
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'July Effect' is a Fallacy, New Study ShowsNew research debunks the notion that July suffers more medical errors than any other month owing to an influx of...
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Leapfrog Leader Pushes for Adoption of Expanded Medical Error PolicyThe nonprofit's expanded Never Event Policy is designed to hold hospitals accountable to their patients and attain high reliability in...
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'Vast Majority' of Hospitals Don't Meet Volume Thresholds for High-risk SurgeriesVolume has long been considered one of the key metrics for predicting surgical success.