Tragedy of Errors- An Analysis of Human Factor in Medical Errors [PDF]
William Shakespeare wrote a play “Comedy of error”, but this is about medical error which may often result in tragic outcome. We often read about medical errors and sometimes realise in our clinical practice that an error has been committed by us or our
Manika Agarwal, Sharat Agarwal
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A Medical error: To disclose or not to disclose [PDF]
Human error can occur in any profession. Medical errors are most commonly occurring errors in a health care system, which are responsible to delay patient’s recovery and produce harm to patient.
Amlani, Gulzar +2 more
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The Influence of Organizational Culture, Climate and Commitment on Speaking Up About Medical Errors.
OBJECTIVE Speaking Up about medical errors is an essential behavior for nurses in pursuit of their goal of maintaining patient safety. This study was designed to understand how a hospital's culture and climate can impact a nurse's active behavior in this
K. Levine, M. Carmody, K. Silk
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Cross-checking to reduce adverse events resulting from medical errors in the emergency department: study protocol of the CHARMED cluster randomized study [PDF]
International audienceBackgroundMedical errors and preventable adverse events are a major cause of concern, especially in the emergency department (ED) where its prevalence has been reported to be roughly of 5–10 % of visits.
Alexandra Rousseau +7 more
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Medical Errors Cause Harm in Veterinary Hospitals
Medical errors are a leading cause of mortality in human medicine. In contrast, errors in veterinary medicine are rarely discussed, and there is little known about their nature and frequency.
J. Wallis +3 more
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PURPOSE To determine whether higher rates of medical errors were associated with positive screenings for depression or burnout among resident physicians. METHOD The authors conducted a prospective cohort study from 2011-2013 in seven pediatric academic
Katherine A. Brunsberg +9 more
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Retrospective Evaluation of Common Dentistry Errors in Selected Dental Clinics of the Armed Forces, Iran [PDF]
Background & Aims: The occurrence of errors in dental practice is an inevitable factor resulting in a reduction in the quality of medical services. These errors can prompt adverse complications, weaken the patient's trust in the dentist, and induce ...
Elahe Tahmasebi +4 more
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Reducing medical errors in primary care using a pragmatic complex intervention [PDF]
This study aimed to develop an intervention to reduce medical errors and to determine if the intervention can reduce medical errors in public funded primary care clinics. A controlled interventional trial was conducted in 12 conveniently selected primary
A. Hamid, Maimunah +7 more
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Identifying Harm Events in Clinical Care through Medical Narratives
Preventable medical errors are estimated to be among the leading causes of injury and death in the United States. To prevent such errors, healthcare systems have implemented patient safety and incident reporting systems.
Cohan, Arman +3 more
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Improving disclosure of medical error through educational program as a first step toward patient safety [PDF]
Participantâs Response to medical errors. Description of data: Raw data of participantâs response to medical errors (3 clinical cases with different severity of error outcome), satisfaction and change after the education program.
Chan Woong Kim +3 more
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