March 18, 2019
NEJM: Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules
NEJM: Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules
KevinMD: When should insurance companies be held responsible for medical malpractice?
Patient dies from sepsis caused by old iv line inserted but never used during her treatment.
Ohio Physician and Angel Of Death.
Post 2 of 2 on a new patient safety movement inside medicine. Two decades ago, the Institute of Medicine shook the medical profession with its “To Err is Human” report which said nearly 100,000 people a year lost their lives to preventable medical errors. With subsequent reports estimating that the number is likely much higher […]
Post 1 of 2 on a new patient safety movement inside medicine. Hospitals and physicians’ offices are supposed to be places that heal. But for more than 200,000 people in the U.S. every year, they are also the cause of preventable patient deaths. And in too many cases, providers don’t communicate about their mistakes with […]
33Mail: Bridging the Doctor-Patient Divide
Minn. Lawsuit: Nurses left lifeless body lying in bed for up to 48 hours
A surgeon mistakes a kidney for a tumor. How can this happen?
Hospital Kills Then Buries Patient Without Notifying Tenn. Family