Monthly Archives: October 2012
Defensive Medicine – Patients as ATM Machines
Defensive Medicine refers to the concept that doctors order unnecessary tests and extra medical procedures as a means to avoid medical negligence lawsuits. However, research at Dartmouth Hitchcock College of Medicine and other studies support there is very little evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged Amercican Hospital Association, certified legal nurse consultant, community hospital, defensive medicine, diagnostic, doctors, healthcare, hospital, imaging, liability, medcial malpractice, medical negligence, Medicare, medicine, mortality rate, National Practitoner's Databank, patient, personal injury, physicians
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Lack of Communication – The Number One Cause of Medical Errors
The Joint Commission, which accredits most hospitals in the US and many abroad, consistently identifies communication as the number one cause of medical errors. Healthcare providers are increasingly becoming aware of the opportunities for information to get lost during handoffs … Continue reading
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Tagged American Medical Association, certified legal nurse consultant, communication, critical care, doctor, emergency room, handsoff, healthcare, hospital, hospitalist, intensive care, Internal Medicine, Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, medcial errors, medical negligence, medical-legal, medical-surgical, nurse, nursing home, physician
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Preventable Medical Errors – The Third Leading Cause of Death in America
Preventable medical errors kill and seriously injure hundreds of thousands Americans every year. Any discussion of medical negligence that does not involve preventable medical errors ignores this fundamental problem. Reducing medical errors is the best way to address all problems … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, claim, colleague incompetence, disciplinary, disclosure omission, doctor, error, healthcare, hospital, infection, JCAHO, lawsuit, Leapfrog, medical error, Medical Error Apology Program, medical malpractice, medical negligence, Medicare, medicine, meritorious, national practitioner's data bank, negligent, patient safety., personal injury, preventable, serious injury, standard of care, state medical board, wrong site occurrence
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