According to a new study published in the BMJ, medical errors now rank as the third leading cause of death in the U.S., with only heart disease and cancer accounting for more deaths. While I do ...

Preventable medical errors encompass a wide range of mistakes including misdiagnosis, medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections and communication breakdowns among health ...

True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse than ...

Instead, we must recognize errors as complex, often arising from a convergence of factors-including gaps in knowledge and communication, inadequate awareness, and various system-based challenges." ...

When information is unrecorded, misdirected, never received, never retrieved or ignored in healthcare, patients can be adversely effected. A recent report — “Malpractice Risks in Communication ...

Shortly before shift change, a patient with cirrhosis is admitted with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, a dangerous but treatable abdominal infection. The admitting provider orders the appropriate ...