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Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008 Apr.
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Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses.Show detailsHughes RG, editor.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008 Apr.ContentsSearch term < PrevNext > Chapter 35Error Reporting and DisclosureZane Robinson Wolf; Ronda G. Hughes.Author InformationZane Robinson Wolf;1 Ronda what is a systems approach to addressing error? G. Hughes.21 Zane Robinson Wolf, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., dean and professor, La Salle University School of Nursing and Health Sciences. E-mail: ude.ellasal@flow2 Ronda G. Hughes, Ph.D., M.H.S., R.N., senior health scientist administrator, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. E-mail: vog.shh.qrha@sehguH.adnoRBackgroundThis chapter examines reporting of health care errors (e.g., verbal, written, or other form of communication and/or recording of near miss and patient safety events that generally involves some form of reporting system) and these events’ disclosure (e.g., communication of errors to patients and their families), including the ethical aspects of error-reporting mechanisms. The potential benefits of intrainstitutional and Web-based databases might assist nurses and other providers to prevent similar hazards and improve patient safety. Clinicians’ fears of laws
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CompoundPubChem SubstancePubMedPubMed HealthSNPSparcleSRAStructureTaxonomyToolKitToolKitAllToolKitBookToolKitBookghUniGeneSearch termSearch Advanced Journal list Help when an error occurs, which of the following is a productive response? Journal ListCan J Surgv.48(1); 2005 FebPMC3211566 Can J Surg. 2005 Feb; 48(1): 39–44. medication error incident report sample PMCID: PMC3211566Language: English | FrenchDefining medical errorEthan D. Grober* and John M.A. Bohnen† From the Divisions of *Urology and †General Surgery, Department https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2652/ of Surgery, and Centre for Research in Education at the University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. Author information ► Copyright and License information ►Copyright © 2005 CMA Media Inc.This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.AbstractMedical errors represent a serious https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3211566/ public health problem and pose a threat to patient safety. As health care institutions establish “error” as a clinical and research priority, the answer to perhaps the most fundamental question remains elusive: What is a medical error? To reduce medical error, accurate measurements of its incidence, based on clear and consistent definitions, are essential prerequisites for effective action. Despite a growing body of literature and research on error in medicine, few studies have defined or measured “medical error” directly. Instead, researchers have adopted surrogate measures of error that largely depend on adverse patient outcomes or injury (i.e., are outcome-dependent). A lack of standardized nomenclature and the use of multiple and overlapping definitions of medical error have hindered data synthesis, analysis, collaborative work and evaluation of the impact of change
occur annually as a result of medical errors in US hospitals. These numbers, if accurate, would make hospitals the eighth leading cause of death in America and http://www.whsc.emory.edu/_pubs/momentum/2000fall/onpoint.html do not even include medical errors in the outpatient setting. This would rank http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-05-05/why-medical-error-is-the-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s the lethality of US hospitals ahead of motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, and AIDS. Very little controversy greeted the IOM report when it was released last November. To a large extent the initial reaction was, "yes, we can and should strive to reduce errors." The accuracy of the numbers was viewed as medication error perhaps not so important. The areas of greatest controversy continue to center on error reporting, especially liability protection and whether error reporting should be mandatory or voluntary. In the months since the release of the IOM report, many questions about the data have arisen. How accurate are the data? What exactly constitutes a medical "error?" Is the death rate due to medical errors really analogous to medical errors to a large jetliner falling out of the sky every day or two? Understanding the data allows us to put both the report and its criticisms in perspective. Two studies form the nucleus of the IOM report. Interestingly, neither study is new. The 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study reviewed hospitalizations in 1984 and identified 98,000 deaths related to errors. A 1992 study in Colorado and Utah extrapolated 44,000 annual deaths. In these two studies, respectively, 3.7% and 2.9% of hospital admissions incurred an "adverse event," or, in other words, an event resulting from medical care rather than from the underlying disease. The Harvard study identified 19% of the adverse events as drug related, while 14% were wound infections and 13%, technical complications. Overall, 58% of the adverse events identified in this study were labeled "preventable." Both core studies used retrospective chart review to identify errors. It is clear that errors are underreported and that such review is necessary to ascertain the true rate of "preventable adverse events." This latter term is used synonymously with medical error in the IOM report. nternist Troyen Brennan of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, one of the authors of
In the Media Public Appearances Stations Support Search Search Thursday, May 05 2016 • 10:20 a.m. (ET) Why Medical Error Is The Third Leading Cause Of Death In The U.S. Listen Why Medical Error Is The Third Leading Cause Of Death In The U.S. Menu Transcript Related Links Twitter FB Discuss Guest Host: Derek McGinty Medical staff at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, lift a patient from one bed to another after surgery to move him to the recovery room. MilitaryHealth/Flickr More than 250,000 Americans a year die from medical errors, including misdiagnoses, communications breakdowns, medication mistakes and botched surgeries. That's according to a new study by a Johns Hopkins University surgeon and researcher who says that if medical errors were a disease, it would be the third leading cause of death in America. We discuss the scope of the problem and what can be done to improve patient safety. Guests Dr. Marty Makary professor of surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; author of "Unaccountable"; and co-author of a new study on medical errors Lena Sun health reporter, The Washington Post Bob Anderson chief of the Mortality Statistics Branch with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics Transcript 10:20:02MR. DEREK MCGINTYWelcome back. You're listening to "The Diane Rehm Show." I'm Derek McGinty sitting in for Diane. We're going to shift gears now away from politics and to a bit of an alarming report just out this week. As you have likely heard over the last few years, we know that medical errors can sometimes make patients in the hospital sicker or even kill them. But now a new study says those tragic outcomes are happening a lot more often than we first thought. It comes our way from researchers at Johns Hopkins, who say medical mistakes should be considered the third leading cause of death in this country, behind the big killers like heart disease and cancer. 10:20:39MR. DEREK MCGINTYMore than 250,000 Americans a year die from these medical errors. That would include misdiagnoses, communications breakdowns, medication mistakes and surgeries that are botched up. Joining me now in the studio to talk about the problem and what can be done, Lena Sun, she's with The Washington Post, Bob Anderson of the Centers for Disease Control's Mortality Statistics Branch. And joining us via the telephone from Stamford, Conn., Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon and co-author of a new study on medical errors. I w