If medical error were considered a disease, a new study has found, it would be the third leading cause of death in the United States, behind only heart disease and ...

Preventable medical errors encompass a wide range of mistakes including misdiagnosis, medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections and communication breakdowns among health ...

Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death worldwide, rivaling heart disease and cancer. Yet while medicine has made dramatic progress in treating illness, it has made far less headway ...

Medical errors pose substantial challenges including patient harm, healthcare system strain and potentially tragic loss of life. This white paper addresses the critical issue of medical errors within ...

Nurses were more likely to be responsible for medication errors in EDs, according to a study published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine. • Physicians were responsible for 24 percent of errors, ...

Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death, yet healthcare systems continue to struggle to reduce them. A new perspective article argues that fear of legal consequences, institutional ...

Researchers used a prototype reporting system designed by investigators from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine to study causes of medication errors and adverse drug ...

Other clinicians from the "error happens" camp believe that systems, not humans, are largely to blame for errors. A registered nurse explained. "System errors, not ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: I think it would be very enlightening if you would write a follow-up piece on the third leading cause of death in the United States. I am certain you are aware that I am referring to ...