Surgical errors » Solid numbers are hard to come by, because most states don't require doctors to report surgical errors. To make sure you're not the next victim, you might have to get pushy, like my ...

As overall medical errors are on the decline, the number of surgical errors is rising, according to a report from the Boston Globe. Hospital error data disclosed to ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released three National Coverage Determinations, which state that CMS will not pay for surgical errors. The NCDs, which have an implementation date of ...

Surgical errors not covered include procedures involving the wrong patient, procedure or body part. Read the AHA's release about the new Medicare surgical error billing policy.

Preventing surgical errors requires more patient involvement and particular care by providers in creating checklists, systems, and routines that reduce the likelihood of surgical errors, according to ...

Surgical never-events have attreacted lots of national attention recently, particularly the case of a Rhode Island hospital which saw five wrong-side or wrong-part surgeries over the past two years ...

Connecticut hospitals reported record numbers of patients killed or seriously injured by hospital errors in 2013, with large increases in the numbers of falls, medication mistakes and perforations ...

Major surgical errors often involve a series of nine separate missteps--including overconfidence of surgeons and nurses as well as a focus on the minute details of the procedure that cause clinicians ...

An analysis by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicates employers pay out $1.47 billion each year to cover the costs incurred from potentially preventable adverse medical events ...

Probe into a baby's death following surgery in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang, which had sparked public concern and speculation, found inadequate risk assessment, surgical errors, and failures in ...