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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Medical Error"”.
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Medical error: Overcoming barriers to truthful disclosure
The Institute of Medicine’s report on medical errors revealed a degree of fallibility in health care that was previously unrecognized. One explanation for the\r\ngeneral ignorance about the threats to patient safety and actual harms to patients is that\r\nmany health-care providers are reluctant to …
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Medical Error Disclosure: A Content Analysis of State Legislation
<p>Medical error is a public health problem in the United States (U.S.), causing approximately 250,000 hospital deaths per year. Health care leaders and policy-makers have identified medical error disclosure as one of many viable evidence-based solutions to address the problem of medical error – …
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ADVANCING COMMUNICATION OF MEDICAL ERROR: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TRANSGRESSION AND TRANSPARENCY
… about-face in publicly endorsed attitudes toward medical errors - from concealment, cover-up, and turning a blind eye to transparency, acknowledgment, and prevention. Medical error is a pervasive problem, with the Institute of Medicine estimating that between 44,000-98,000 people die annually due …
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The Ethical Obligation for Disclosure of Medical Error in the Intensive Care Unit
… involved in the delivery of healthcare and medical treatment guarantee that medical errors will occur despite the best of training, skills and vigilance, precautions, or preventive procedures. While medical errors occur across the spectrum of care and treatment, the propensity for their …
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Adverse event registry analysis of an EMS system in a low resource setting: a descriptive study
Introduction Out of hospital emergency medical service patients present unique challenges and ample opportunities for medical error to occur. Identifying medical error is important for mitigating future risk and improving patient safety. Hypothesis/problem Our study describes the adverse event …
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An Ethical Model for Mandatory Reporting to Avoid Preventable Adverse Harm in Health Care
… ethics to resolve problems related to medical error in the U.S. The ethical argument focuses upon justifying a model of mandatory reporting nationally. While countless others have argued in favor of the implementation of a mandatory reporting system, this dissertation presents its model …
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Modern lightweight approach for design and implementation of workflow-based clinical guidance system
Preventable medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US, taking just over 22,000 lives a year. To minimize preventable medical errors, healthcare practitioners have adopted the use of clinical decision support systems (CDSS) into their workflow in the past decades. However, there …
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Text Reminders in Pyrexial Paediatric Patients (TRIPPP): a randomized controlled pilot study
… and distractions thus increasing the risk of medical error. This is further complicated by shift working healthcare providers who are required to treat unfamiliar patients of varying clinical acuity who present for care.(1)(4)(5)
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Collaborating With the Unit Clerk to Decrease Avoidable Interruptions During Medication Administration on a Medical Surgical Unit
<p>Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Medical errors also incur significant cost ramifications due to increased hospital length of stay and fines. Medication errors, a type of medical error, are one of the most common types of inpatient errors. Nurses are most …
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Liability for Negligent Healthcare Clinical Risk Management in the United States and Germany
Systems-focused error prevention efforts are internationally recognized in the healthcare industry, and industry efforts to identify and correct organizational defects through the process of CRM are well established in the U.S. and Germany. However, in both countries, there is no clear …
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IT adoption in hospitals : social networking, governance and the clockspeed of change
… in quality of care and high incidences of medical error. This has given impetus to efforts at progressively evolving the healthcare delivery system. The role of information technology (IT) is seen as being central to cost reduction and quality improvement of healthcare delivery. …
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The Identification and Classification of Flow Disruptions in the Operating Room during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Open Hernia Repair Procedures
… that at least 7% of adverse events due to medical error occur in the operating room. Flow disruptions are events that cause a "break" in the primary surgical task, or the loss of any team member's situational awareness. An empirical link between flow disruptions and surgical errors in the …
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Diabetes Education Revisited: Addressing Inpatient Diabetes Care Through An Interactive Educational Video Module For Registered Nurses
… drugs, insulin has the highest risk for error, which may result in dire consequences for patients. Registered nurses are among the main groups of clinicians that work with insulin, yet they may sometimes lack the comprehensive knowledge associated with inpatient diabetes care and insulin. …
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INCREASED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NURSES AND DOCTORS ON AN ACUTE MEDICAL UNIT
… nurse-physician rounding is a potential area for medical error due to lack of communication and collaboration among the healthcare team.</p> <p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The focus of this study is to increase communication between the nurses and doctors on an acute medical unit by increasing nurse …
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A comprehensive approach to preventing errors in a hospital setting: Organizational behavior management and patient safety
… number of U.S. deaths each year resulting from medical errors range from 44,000 (Institute of Medicine, 1999) to 195,000 (HealthGrades, 2004). Additionally, instances of medical harm are estimated to occur at a rate of approximately 15 million per year in the U.S., or about 40,000 per day …
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Empowering Health Care Professionals: An Interprofessional Education Model Implementation And Evaluation Using Mentorship And Teamstepps Methodology
<p>Medical error was reported in 2016 by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States healthcare system. Effective communication across healthcare disciplines is critical to ensure patient safety, care quality, and operational efficiency. The purpose of …
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Healing the Effects of Medical Errors: A Vision of Justice as Wholeness
<p>Medical errors cannot be avoided completely even when employing the greatest care and applying the most sophisticated medical technologies. They occur when organizational, human, technical, or environmental factors lead to unintentional failures which result in recognizable physical, mental, …
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A Needs Assessment Regarding a Fire Risk Assessment Checklist In the Operating Room
… a surgical fire in the OR is a preventable medical error. The addition of a fire risk assessment (FRA) checklist has been proven to increase awareness of potential fire risks and improve the quality and safety of patient care. Purpose: The purpose of this project was to perform a needs …
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Evaluation of biofeedback components for the management of acute stress in healthcare
Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States, with surgery being a critical area for improvement. Of particular interest for this dissertation is understanding and mitigating the impact of acute stress experienced by surgeons. Previous research demonstrates the detrimental …
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Improving Medication Administration and Patient Outcomes by Decreasing Avoidable Interruptions
… in the San Francisco Bay Area, on a 34-bed Medical Surgical, Behavioral Medicine and Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) Specialty Unit. The goal was to improve the adverse events made during medication administration, which in turn reduces medical error costs and improves patient outcomes and …
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