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Surgical Errors Increase Hospital Profits
Hospitals can make much more money when surgery goes wrong and leads to complications that need correcting. And that presents a problem for patients. The financial incentives do not favor better care. The current payment system rewards hospitals for bad care … Continue reading
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Distracted Doctoring | Electronic Devices Places Patient Safety at Risk
Hoping to decrease the risk of medical error, hospitals and physicians’ offices have invested heavily to place iPads, iPhones and other electronic devices into the hands of medical staff for instant access to patient data, drug information and case studies. … Continue reading
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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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Medical Error Apology Program & Medical Negligence
Hospitals nationwide are currently implementing medical error apology programs. Healthcare group advocates are proactively pushing these programs to encourage doctors and their insurers to openly disclose medical negligence errors along with physician apology for personal injury and proactive voluntary offering … Continue reading
Emergency Room Medical Malpractice
A hospital emergency room is an area where medical errors are common and often overlooked. Because of the increasing patient load and the need to triage patients by order of medical urgency, many things often go clinically wrong in an … Continue reading
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