Category:
patient safety
Patient information has an important role in the diagnostic and treatment process
Nursing, physician, pharmacy medication errors can cause patient harm
Clinical alarms are only helpful when hospital staff members pay attention to them
Delays in testing can lead to diagnostic and treatment errors
Sponges, needles, and gauze are the most common surgical items negligently left behind in patients' bodies
One hospital recently admitted to surgically removing the wrong man's prostate gland
Some fall risk tools don't account for these factors, and can lead to nursing medical malpractice
Wisconsin hospital fired all anesthesiologist physicians and replaced them with less trained, cheaper CRNAs
Drug errors account for up to 9,000 deaths annually in the United States
New Indiana law bans health care providers from using deceptive or misleading advertising that misrepresents their education, background, and skills