Tag: Patient Safety
Relying on Memory Leads to Errors
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?
The Informed Patient - WSJ.comHere's an article ($$) about hospitals working to prevent bedsores or "pressure ulcers" as they are called. I didn't...
I got a blurb on the Marketplace website
APM Marketplace (Business/Economy radio)As you've read here, I'm trying to help get the word out that we should be not just focusing on access...
The Growing Patient Safety Movement
The Informed Patient - WSJ.comThis article from the WSJ talks about a trend where patients (or, more often, family members of patients) who were...
Traditional Improvement Methods Compromising Hospital Safety?
Study: Hospital Goals Sometimes Compromise SafetyWith Lean, we have realized that improving quality does not run counter to decreasing costs. They go together....
Just as Bad in Canada
globeandmail.com: Private sector health care: Think quality, regulationI don't think healthcare and quality is a "Private vs. Public" debate. As we'll inevitably have...
100% is the Only Goal for Hospital Hand Hygiene
Ledger-Enquirer | 03/27/2007 | Campaign's goal is to reduce infections
To those who might have thought I overstated the situation with hand washing in hospitals,...
Say "No" to Bad Drug Stores
The Blotter: ABC Report on Pharmacy ErrorsI first stumbled across this 20/20 report when I saw a preview on the ABC investigative reports video...
What you Permit, you Promote
StuderGroup - Conversations with Quint StuderAnother great discussion from Quint Studer's management blog (I hate to call it a "healthcare blog" because that might...
A Hospital Death in Florida
Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog: A woman dies after receiving 8 grams of DilantinI read about this on the blog linked above and the...
Trying to Reduce Hospital Overprocessing
A Novel Plan Helps Hospital Wean Itself Off Pricey Tests - WSJ.comKevin, over at Evolving Excellence, raised a similar issue about misaligned incentives and...
Medical Mistakes? Just Throw Everyone in Jail for Human Error, Then?
In the news: Charges against nurse igniting a debate
It sure is easier to think that medical mistakes are as simple as one person being...
