Tag: Patient Safety

The Feds Reverse Their Decision on Checklists!

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Wachter's World : The Checklist Saga: Victory!This is great news for patients and is probably great news for those of you who have been...

Another Pathology Mishap

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L.I. Hospital Scrutinized After Deaths of Patients - New York Times It wasn't the same laboratory this time, but it's more than likely a similar...

Yes, Standardized Work Saves Lives

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'Bundling' hospital processes may help prevent infections - USATODAY.com"Bundling hospital processes" = Standardized WorkWhy isn't every hospital doing this? Why isn't every hospital administrator...

Why Do Patients Have to Do This?

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The Informed Patient - WSJ.comGood column in the WSJ today, as always, from Laura Landro. She writes about the need for patients to take...

Updated: Glenn Beck’s Surgery Gone "Horribly Awry"

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This is compelling video (scroll down), radio and TV talk show host Glenn Beck, talking about his surgery gone "horribly awry" and how "phenomenally...

Quaid Case Update: Whose Responsibility is Standardized Work?

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If you're a regular reader, you might recall the Cedar-Sinai medical error that harmed Dennis Quad's twins (and others). Quaid and his wife are now...

Follow Ups to BIDMC

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If you've been following any of the posts about healthcare, here are a few interesting follow ups.Following up on this post about Boston's Beth...

The Need for Clean Hospitals

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Our Unsanitary Hospitals - WSJ.comThat's "Clean", not a typo of "Lean." Good column in the WSJ today by Betsy McCaughey, head of the...

My At-Home Medical Mistake: Taking the Wrong Version of Day /...

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I'm a bit mad at myself for inflicting some preventable human error on myself last night. It's OK, I didn't harm myself, but let...

Putting the Burden on Patients?

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I saw this ad (click on the photo for a larger, readable view) in the Wall Street Journal Monday. It's an ad run...

Relying on Memory Leads to Errors

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Patient Safety Blog - Telling Our StoriesHere is an unfortunate story about a surgeon operating on the wrong side of an 86 year-old man,...

We Must Follow Standardized Work, Right?

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The Informed Patient - WSJ.comHere's an article ($$) about hospitals working to prevent bedsores or "pressure ulcers" as they are called. I didn't...