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Preventable medication errors kill 3,0 million people every year. 0,5 million are killed by drug abuse [70% being opioids]
World Patient Safety Day: Ensuring Medicines Are Properly Prescribed Health Policy WatchStefan Anderson16/09/2022 Site editor: Joaquim Cardoso MSc.health…
The U.S. loses up to 250 thousand lives/year, and $1 trillion (5% of GDP) in lost human potential — as a result of harm or death from preventable medical harm (2012 estimate)
As we enter into Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 13–19, 2022), we can reflect on the progress we…
Why health-care professionals are ill prepared to manage complex systems [that impact patient safety]?
Steven J. SpearSeptember, 2008 Site editor: Joaquim Cardoso MSc.Health Transformation — ReviewSeptember 19, 2022 (francishealth) This is a republication of…
Fatal medical errors happens even at the best Hospitals — the case of Josie King and Ellen Roche @ Johns Hopkins [2001]
This is a republication of the article below, with the title above. An End to Error Fifteen years after…
Medication harm accounts for 50% of the overall preventable harm in medical care, and costs US$ 42 billion
WHO calls for urgent action by countries for achieving “Medication Without Harm” WHO16 September 2022 Executive Summary by: Joaquim Cardoso…
Rethinking Use Of Air-Safety Principles To Reduce Fatal Hospital Errors [full version & best practices]
Health AffairsAndy Pasztor, Adam AndersenAUGUST 26, 2022 Executive Summary by: Joaquim Cardoso MSc.transform health — institute for continuous transformationpatient safety unitAugust…
Inadequate positioning of central venous catheters inserted at intensive care units — Executive Summary
Einstein Journal Álisson Vinicius dos Santos , Edson Dias Barbosa Neto , Geraldo Vicente Nunes Neto , Raquel da Silva Cavalcante ,…
Insights for addressing Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP), based on the US benchmarks (Kaiser, Sutter and VHA)
This is a republication of the paper below, with the title above, focusing in providing insights for the…
Statement from IHI and LLI About the Risks to Patient Safety When Medical Errors are Criminalized
The case of a tragic death of a patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in late 2017 after…
Patient Safety Awareness Week 2022 and Focus on Healthcare Worker Resilience @ Joint Commission
Caregivers are not immune to the stresses, physical exhaustion, and moral injury that have been amplified in the…
