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Report: Design errors at new William Beaumont Army Medical Center total $177 million
The hospital is under construction in Far East El Paso County. Work began in August 2013, and nearly five years later, the hospital is nowhere near completion.
Hospital Errors and How to Protect Yourself
Americans are dying in hospitals from preventable medical mistakes. But, patients can minimize their risks by keeping a close eye on their care.
5 medical practices that will soon be outdated
At one point, we used to be able to buy cigarettes while lying in our hospital beds. What other medical practices will fall by the wayside in 30 years?
How You Could Get Hit With a Surprise Medical Bill
Prevent EMS medication errors with checklists and job aids
Most EMS providers have witnessed or been involved with a medication error attributable to poor system design and lack of safety behaviors
What Can Be Done about Medical Errors?
To reduce patient deaths, hospitals need to become "highly reliable" organizations.
How anchoring can cause medical errors
EMS providers need to understand anchoring, a type of cognitive bias, to prevent errors in prehospital patient assessment and care
3 Steps to Building a Personal Medical Record
A personal medical record collects all of your medical information into a single file. Keeping one is an important step in managing your care. Learn about what to include, how to gather the information, and why creating a personal medical record can help.
7 ways to prevent deadly and costly hospital errors
Spending time in the hospital is scary enough without having to think about your doctor making a mistake or an infection keeping you there longer than expected.
Information management helps medical practices improve care
Most healthcare practices are constantly looking for ways to improve the quality of care provided to patients.
5 Medical Assistant Interview Questions to Prep For |
Thinking of pursing a career as a medical assistant? You need to know the medical assistant interview questions to prep for. Here are the top 5 to know.
What Should Hospitals Do When They Make Mistakes?
Advocates suggest increased candor will reduce medical errors and improve care
Does Your Medical Center Have a Contract With ICE? These Do.
A Medscape analysis found that several major medical centers have contracts with CBP or ICE to provide services they say will improve conditions for migrants at the border; opponents are outraged that these institutions are supporting a system they believe abuses detainees.
How Hospitalists Can Improve Shift-to-Shift Patient Handoffs
Improving handoff communication and procedures results in dramatic decreases in medical errors. Presented are five strategies to build better patient handoffs.
Prevent medical errors by transitioning to an integrated healthcare model
If the healthcare industry wants to do a better job to prevent medical errors, it should shift from a production-based model to a more integrated model, according to one expert.
Reporting a medical error? ‘I would be lambasted and mocked’
In a recent study, paramedics reveal informal reporting of errors is common, with written reports considered to be an escalation of the event
The Human and Financial Cost of Preventable Medical Errors
One of my passions is patient safety. I’ve written posts about it on many occasions and my team and I have developed patient safety initiatives for hospitals and health systems for more than …
5 strategies for hospitals to prevent medical errors
Medical errors in hospitals have become all too common nowadays. And although it can be tough to prevent them, it’s possible in many cases, especially if hospitals are willing to take various appro…
With no national reporting system, volume of medical errors is still unknown
No one knows how frequently patients experience harm in healthcare settings, though nearly everyone agrees it’s far too common.
Inpatient vs. Outpatient: Which Has More Preventable Medical Errors?
Preventable medical errors frustrate both practitioners and patients within the medical field. Are they occurring in inpatient or outpatient care settings?
