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My guest-post elsewhere: Bad news on hospital error rates

11 hours ago ago from Superbug

It's been 10 years since the publication of the pathbreaking Institute of Medicine report, " To Err is Human, " which for the first time focused policy attention on medical errors. The Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative has been running a two-week special series of posts to mark the occasion, and they very kindly asked me to contribute. Here's a link to my guest-post, " Hospital Error Rates — Still a Long Way To Go ," ...

National Alert System Launches To Prevent Deadly Medication Errors

15 hours ago ago from The Best World News Web Site

Two leading health care organizations announce a new national alert system that helps prevent dangerous and repeated medication errors. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) are partnering to develop the National Alert Network for Serious Medication Errors (NAN). NAN will be triggered when a seriously harmful or potentially seriously harmful error has occurred. ...

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19 hours ago ago from Essays in Idleness

I was thinking about a debate on gay rights that I had in high school. This is separate from this speech that I did for the same class. I dwelt on it for awhile and realized that, hey, I should write this down! But I'm not sure how to wrap it up. Here's what I've got: The argument against gay marriage that "if everyone was gay, the human race would die out" is one of the stupidest out there. Allowing the GLBT community the civil rights--not ...

Medical Errors

14 hours ago ago from Ilovebenefits's Blog

Editor's note: More than a decade after the IOM's landmark report, To Err is Human , we continue to experience significant medical errors. Data show kidney patients get wrong blood thinners Data from 829 U.S. hospitals showed 22.3% of kidney dialysis patients prescribed a blood thinner after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention got one that was not recommended for them. Researchers said the mistakes resulted in almost ...

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