Medical Error Prevention

The Institute for Safe Medical Practices (ISMP) recently updated its “List of Confused Drug Names”Read More »

This fall, The Joint Commission Center for Transforming­ Healthcare will release its Targeted Solutions Tool™ addressing wrong-...Read More »

In an effort to ensure more reporting of adverse events, Minister for Health James Reilly is considering a number of proposals that would impose...Read More »

The following is an excerpt from Occurrence Reporting: Building a Robust Problem Identification and ­Resolution Process,...Read More »

No one in healthcare ever wants to hear about a ­serious clinical adverse event occurring, especially in his or her own hospital...Read More »

Patient safety staff members at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) knew they had a chance to increase their incident reporting, so they did...Read More »

Prior to 2005, the catheterization lab at Mercy Des Moines (IA)–Mercy Heart Hospital (MDM) had a team responsible for manual inventory of 2,200...Read More »

Staff members are often trained to report a potential medical error, or near-miss event. However, more often than not, these events go unreported...Read More »

When a patient visits his or her doctor, a certain level of trust is inherent in the interaction. Just as a consumer might expect an auto mechanic...Read More »